Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal Auction reverse inscribed "FONDATION VIMY FOUNDATION"

reverse inscribed "FONDATION VIMY FOUNDATION" above the Vimy Memorial in the centre

in whose protection were numerous jews and gypsies seeking refuge

He was the first aviator to win the Pour le Merite

one of the disks is affixed to a 100 mm long ten link chain

5 mm on a 42 mm pin respectively)

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal Auction reverse inscribed "FONDATION VIMY FOUNDATION"(Tapferkeitsmedaille) Instituted 20 February 1915 by Duke Ernst II. A circular medal constructed of bronze, the obverse bears a raised crossed paty with a central Saxon coat of arms, the 12 oclock arm bears a crown, the 9 and 3 oclock arms bear the date 1914, the reverse bears a crowned cipher E II (Duke Ernst II), with loop for suspension, measuring 32. 16 mm (w) x 35. 91 mm (h), fine.