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Bronze Award Medal, 1816.
By I. Weiss. A beautifully executed agricultural medal awarded by the Moravian-Silesian Agricultural Society during the reign of Emperor Francis I of Austria. The medal demonstrates the importance of agricultural development and modernization in the Habsburg territories during the early 19th century.
Obv.: ZASLUZE (For Merit); allegorical scene featuring a classical female figure (likely Ceres/Demeter) standing beside a decorated pedestal with agricultural implements and a dog, landscape with tree in background. Below: DEM VERDIENSTE / MDCCCXVI (For Merit / 1816)
Rev.: OO CYS KRAL SPOLECN HOSPOD W MORAWĚ A W SLEZY / I DER K K MAEHR SCHLES GESELLSCHAFT D:S ACKERBAUES (The Imperial-Royal Moravian-Silesian Society of Agriculture). Agricultural symbols including a caduceus (Mercury's staff) crossed with a cornucopia, surmounted by a radiant triangle (representing divine providence).
Extremely fine, edge knocks.

Reference: Wurzbach 5842
Diameter: 41 mm.
Weight: 28.43 g.
Composition: Bronze.

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