World Exhibition - Franz Joseph I Vienna

Features

Location	Austrian Empire
Emperor	Francis Joseph I (Franz Joseph I) (1848-1916)
Type	Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals
Year	1873
Composition	Bronze
Weight	157 g
Diameter	70 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 445037
References	Hauser 1# 2911 Peter Hauser; 2006. Katalog meiner Sammlung von Medaillen, Plaketten und Jetons / Volume 1: aus der Regierungszeit der Kaiser Ferdinand I. und Franz Josef I. = Catalogue of my collection of medals, plaques and tokens. Verlag Ferdinand Berger, Horn, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. , Loehr# I 14 August Loehr; 1899. Wiener Medailleure = Viennese Medalists. Verlag von Anton Schroll & Co., Vienna, Austria. , Slg. Wurzbach# 2494 Wolfgang von Wurzbach; 1943. Wurzbach - Tannenberg: Katalog meiner Sammlung von Medaillen, Plaketten und Jetons = Wurzbach - Tannenberg: Catalogue of my collection of medals, plaques and tokens. Amalthea, Zürich, Switzerland.

Commemorative issue

Prize Medal for Employees at the World Exhibition

Obverse

Laureate bust facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FRANZ JOSEPH I KAISER VON OESTERREICH, KOENIG VON BOEHMEN ETC., APOST. KOENIG VON UNGARN
J. TAUTENHAYN

Engraver: Josef Tautenhayn

Reverse

Fortuna presents a laurel wreath to a seated female figure, in the background a young craftsman at the anvil.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
WELTAUSSTELLUNG 1873 WIEN
K. SCHWENZER
DEM VERDIENSTE

Engraver: Karl Schwenzer

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1873

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