Austria, Austro-Hungarian Empire. Franz Joseph I (1848-1916) AR Medal (Double Guilder). Vienna mint, 1885. Struck to commemorate the 2nd Lower Austria federal shooting competition in Innsbruck. Design and strike by A. Busson and A. Scharff. ❀ MAXIMILIAN ⦂ ROEM ⦂ KAISER ⦂ ERZH ⦂ Z ⦂ OE ⦂ G ⦂ V ⦂ TIROL, 1/2 length bust of Emperor Maximilian I, wearing hunting outfit and carrying cross-bow over shoulder; small BUSSON and A. SCHARFF to either side / ❀ ZWEITES ⦂ OESTERR ⦂ BVNDESSCHIESSEN ⦂ INNSBRVCK ⦂ 1885, crowned eagle with spread wings, head left, wreath behind head. Edge inscription: A within circle hallmark. Hauser, J. Die Münzen und Medaillen der Haupt- und Residenzstadt München, (Munich, 1905), #5129; Peltzer 1879. 22.26g, 36mm, 12h.

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Acquired from Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün eK.