Extremely fine | AUSTRIA. Franz Joseph I, 1848-1916.
Silver Medal, 1898. Klippe.
By Anton Scharff, commissioned as a honorary gift from Austrian hunters to their supreme hunting lord Franz Josef I for his 50th year reign anniversary.
Obv.: Emperor Franz Josef I standing in hunting attire against an Alpine landscape.
Rev.: Stag's trophy over crossed hunting rifles, Imperial crown above, FJ monogram, WAIDMANN'S HEIL [German hunter's greeting meaning "hunter's success/fortune"].
Extremely fine.

Reference: Wurz -
Rarity: Absent from Wurzbach's standard reference catalog of Austrian medals, indicating its exceptional rarity.
Diameter: 35 mm.
Weight: 19.62 g.
Composition: Silver.

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