Product Overview
| History: | The war Medal (Kriegsmadaille) was issued from 1873 until 1916 as an award for all military personnel who took part in any of the Austrian military campaigns from 1848 until 1916. |
| Obverse: | Inside a raised rim is a bust of Emperor Franz Joseph I with a beard facing to the viewers right and wearing a laurel wreath in his hair. Around the edge of the bust within two narrow lines 4mm for the edge of the medal is inscribed FRANZ. JOSEPH I. KAISER V.OESTERREICH KOENIG V.BOHMEN ETC. APOST. KOENIG V. UNGARN. Translation: Franz Joseph I Emperor of Austria King of Bohemia etc. Apostolic King of Hungary. Separating the inscription at the bottom is a small asterisk. |
| Reverse: | Inside a raised rim is a wreath composed of a bough of laurel on the viewers left and one of oak on the right, which is tied at the bottom with a bow. Inside the wreath is an inscription in three lines. The inscription reads 2. /DECEMBER/ 1873. Translation: December 2, 1873. |
| Made of: | Sterling Silver. |
| Ribbon: | The medal is fitted with a loose ring suspender and a piece of 40 mm wide gold ribbon, that has black stripes near the edges and black horizontal stripes down the center, folded in a triangular shape. |
| Diameter: | 36mm = 1.42 inches in diameter and 3 mm thick (aprox.) |
| Box: | NO |
| Country of Origin: | Austro Hungarian Empire |
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| Condition: |
Preowned in very good condition. |
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Sobre T1334 - PS |
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