Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal, Bronze Grade GTRexclude obverse centre presents a red-enamelled

obverse centre presents a red-enamelled six-pointed cross

Photograph: Three of Jagdgeschwader 27's top aces

the son of Richard Brooke and Anne Brooke of Beeston Hill

British War Medal (535433 S

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal, Bronze Grade GTRexclude obverse centre presents a red-enamelled(Tapferkeitsmedaille in Bronze). Instituted 20 February 1915 by Duke Ernst II. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised Cross Patte, bearing a central Saxon coat of arms, flanked by a date of 1914 and topped by a royal crown, the reverse with a monogram of Duke Ernst II, unmarked, measuring 31. 03 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in near