Medal for Bravery Tapferkeitsmedaille | |
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![]() Golden Medal for Bravery, 1866 to 1917 version | |
Awarded for | Bravery in combat |
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Status | No longer awarded after the fall of Austria-Hungary |
Established | 19 July 1789 |
Final award | 1918 |
![]() Ribbon bar of the medal | |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Decoration of the Elizabeth-Theresian Military Foundation |
Next (lower) | Iron Cross of Merit |
The Medal for Bravery (German: Tapferkeitsmedaille) (Hungarian: Vitézségi Érem) was a military decoration of Austria-Hungary established in 1789 and awarded for bravery in battle until the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918.