Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I Class, Gold Grade, C.1916 Hold Footnote Udet/Galland/Mölders: Ernst Udet (1896–1941)

Footnote Udet/Galland/Mölders: Ernst Udet (1896–1941) was a flying ace in the First War

Order of Combatant Merit - Officer

An intact blackened leather washer covers the seam

The award's statute included provisions for posthumous award should the intended recipient not survive detention

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Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I Class, Gold Grade, C.1916 Hold Footnote Udet/Galland/Mölders: Ernst Udet (1896–1941)Type IV (1914 1916). In bronze gilt, measuring 40 mm in diameter, silvered bronze bar indicating a second award sewn in place to its original triangular ribbon with hook and eye, contact marks, bruised, spotting, near very fine.