fme_1126971 - AUSTRIA - FRANZ-JOSEPH I Médaille, Exposition Universelle
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Type : Médaille, Exposition Universelle
Date: 1873
Mint name / Town : Autriche, Vienne
Metal : copper
Diameter : 41,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 31,02 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Jolie patine marron, légèrement irisée. Présence de coups sur les bords de la tranche, notamment au revers. Rayures sur la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : FRANZ JOSEF I. KAISER V. ÖSTERREICH KÖNIG V. UNGARN ECT..
Obverse description : Buste habillé et décoré, de profil à droite. Signé : A. SCHARFF.
Reverse
Reverse legend : WELTAUSSTELLUNG / WIEN 1873.
Reverse description : Bâtiment de l’exposition ; légende en 2 lignes.
Reverse translation : Exposition Universelle.
Historical background
AUSTRIA - FRANZ-JOSEPH I
(2/12/1848-21/11/1916)
François-Joseph I (18/081830-21/11/1916) is the son of Archduke François Charles and Sophie of Bavaria. He succeeded his uncle Ferdinand I of Austria in 1848 in the midst of the European revolution. His throne wavers in Hungary, Bohemia, Milan and Venice. It is with authority that he restores order and will reign over "Mitteleuropa" for 68 years. In 1854 he married Elisabeth of Bavaria (1837-1898), better known as Sissi. Their only son Rodolphe (1858-1890) committed suicide with his mistress in 1890 in Mayerling. Empress Sissi was assassinated in Geneva in 1898. Her nephew François-Ferdinand was assassinated with his wife in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, triggering the First World War. The old emperor died in 1916 before the carving up of his empire two years later.
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