German Awards - Medal "For Courage" 1915 Zinc

Duke Ernst II established this award on February 20, 1915 for non-commissioned officers and maneuvers who belonged to the 8th Infantry Regiment No. 153 or fought as citizens in other units. This medal was awarded for special bravery in the face of the enemy. A feature of this award was that a soldier had to have the Iron Cross 2nd Class to receive this medal. 4 material variants are known. Bright bronze, bronzed zinc alloy, copper zinc alloy and gray war metal.
Alloy medals have a punched-out elongated eye that is perforated from top to bottom, with a small connecting ring that receives the band ring. Bronze medals have a regular, soldered eye with a ribbon ring. The stamp for the medal was made by the court engraver Max Haserot from Berlin. A total of 11,900 medals were struck in various materials between 1916 and 1919. About 2,300 medals were awarded in zinc.

Military metal (zinc) medal with raised rim. Above is a knocked out ear with a jumper. A small ring with a ribbon ring is mounted in it.

Front side:

• A cross that goes to the edge, in the center of the semicircular shield is the Saxon coat of arms.
• On the upper cruciform shoulder crown, left cruciform - 19 - right cruciform - 14 -.

Downside:

In the
• center is an ornamented and curved letter - E - above it is a crown.

Tape:

green 31 mm wide, edges 2 mm, side stripes white 5 mm each, central stripes white 3 mm.

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