Austria, Imperial. A Silver Medal For The Defense Of Tirol, 1848 Auction 11 months on the paper

11 months on the paper

the obverse with a vertically oriented sword within a palm wreath

at the age of 56

born in 1912 in Küblingen

Austria, Imperial. A Silver Medal For The Defense Of Tirol, 1848 Auction 11 months on the paperAn example of an 1848 issue silver Commemorative Medal for the Defense of Tirol (Silberne Tiroler Erinnerungsmedaille); a round silver medal; the obverse depicting the leftward facing bust of a young Kaiser Franz Josef, circumscribed by his name and title; the reverse inscribed Dem Tiroler Landes Verteidiger 1848 (The Tirol Defenders), as well as Mit Gott fr Kaiser und Vaterland (With God for Kaiser and the Fatherland); marked K. Lange on the obverse;