Generaloberst Erzherzog Eugen

Features

Location Austrian Empire
Type Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Year 1915
Composition Bronze
Weight 103.21 g
Diameter 60 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
358257
References Hauser 1# 571,
Peter Hauser; 2006. Katalog meiner Sammlung von Medaillen, Plaketten und Jetons aus der Regierungszeit der Kaiser Ferdinand I. und Franz Josef I. / Band 1. Verlag Ferdinand Berger, Horn, Germany.
Kluge/Weis# A 96,
Bernd Kluge, Bernhard Weisser; 2014. Gold gab ich für Eisen : Der Erste Weltkrieg im Medium der Medaille. Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany.
Klose# 10.15,
Dietrich O. A. Klose; 2016. Europas Verderben 1914 1918 : Deutsche und Österreichische Medaillen auf den Ersten Weltkrieg = Europas Verderben 1914 1918 : German and Austrian medals of the First World War. Staatliche Münzsammlung, München.
Wurzbach# 1957
Wolfgang von Wurzbach; 1943. Wurzbach - Tannenberg: Katalog meiner Sammlung von Medaillen, Plaketten und Jetons. Amalthea-Verlag, Zürich, Switzerland.

Commemorative issue

Erzherzog Eugen appointed as Generaloberst in Mai 1915 and for obtaining the command on the South-West front againt Italy

Obverse

Uniformed bust facing left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GENERALOBERST.ERZHERZOG.EUGEN
Helene Scholz

Engraver: Helene Scholz

Reverse

View of a soldier and the Carnic Alps.

Lettering: . 1915 .

Engraver: Helene Scholz

Mint

Münze Österreich, Vienna, Austria (1194-date)

Comments

This medal was handed out by the Kriegsfürsorgeamt.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1915 

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