Austria, Imperial. A Silver Medal For The Defense Of Tirol, 1848 Auction Among the dead was Private

Among the dead was Private Dyson

With the American artillery closer and its bombardment more intense than ever

Similar examples can be found on page 66 of Angolia's publication

the cord in thatched gold-coloured wire and interlaced with forest green

the ribbon bar with the correct ribbons of both awards

Austria, Imperial. A Silver Medal For The Defense Of Tirol, 1848 Auction Among the dead was PrivateAn example of an 1848 issue silver Commemorative Medal for the Defense of Tirol (Silberne Tiroler Erinnerungsmedaille); a round silver medal; the obverse depicting the leftward facing bust of a young Kaiser Franz Josef, circumscribed by his name and title; the reverse inscribed Dem Tiroler Landes Verteidiger 1848 (The Tirol Defenders), as well as Mit Gott fr Kaiser und Vaterland (With God for Kaiser and the Fatherland); marked K. Lange on the obverse;