Austria, Imperial. A Franz Joseph I Bravery Silver Medal, I Class, C.1850 GTRexclude FRITZ TODT” with a mobile

FRITZ TODT” with a mobile swastika within a cogwheel beneath

the 22nd was created in response to a popular demand from people who wanted to have a regiment under which French Canadians could serve in their native language

the two breast pocket buttons are silvered aluminum with pebbled uppers and maker marked "ASSMANN & SÖHNE LÜDENSCHEID" on the reverse

The first commander was General Jimmy Doolittle

Austria, Imperial. A Franz Joseph I Bravery Silver Medal, I Class, C.1850 GTRexclude FRITZ TODT” with a mobile(Tapferkeitsmedaille in Silber I. Klasse). Instituted 19 July 1789. A round, silver medal, the obverse depicting Franz Joseph I, circumscribed by his name and title, the reverse inscribed DER TAPFERKEIT (FOR BRAVERY) within a laurel wreath tied together at the base, unmarked, measuring 40. 26 mm in diameter, weighing 16. 5 grams, on loop for suspension from its period original war time ribbon, and in good fair condition. This offering is a part of the