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Francis Joseph I
Rodolphe Marschall (Belgian, born in 1873)
Austro-Hungarian
1914
Object Place: Europe, Austria
Medium/Technique
Metal; dark metal
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 60 mm (2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number29.163
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Francis Joseph I (1830-1916), emperor of Austria and king of Hungary.
Obverse: Profile bust of Francis Joseph looking to proper left; inscribed at proper right "FRANZ JOSEPH I." and at proper left "R. Marschall".
Reverse: Inscribed at center "ICH HABE/ALLES GEPRUFT/UND ERWOGEN/---/1914".
Obverse: Profile bust of Francis Joseph looking to proper left; inscribed at proper right "FRANZ JOSEPH I." and at proper left "R. Marschall".
Reverse: Inscribed at center "ICH HABE/ALLES GEPRUFT/UND ERWOGEN/---/1914".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at proper right "FRANZ JOSEPH I." and at proper left "R. Marschall".
Reverse: Inscribed at center "ICH HABE/ALLES GEPRUFT/UND ERWOGEN/---/1914".
Reverse: Inscribed at center "ICH HABE/ALLES GEPRUFT/UND ERWOGEN/---/1914".
ProvenanceBy 1929, Wolf Kostakowsky, Mattapan, MA; 1929, sold by Kostakowsky to the MFA for $518 [see note 1]. (Accession date: January 17, 1929)
NOTES:
[1] Five hundred numismatics, MFA accession numbers 29.159 through 29.658, were purchased from Mr. Kostakowsky for a total price of $518.
NOTES:
[1] Five hundred numismatics, MFA accession numbers 29.159 through 29.658, were purchased from Mr. Kostakowsky for a total price of $518.