Austria, Imperial. A Jubilee Medal for Foreigners, in Bronze consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Barwirsch approached Gertrude to ask

Barwirsch approached Gertrude to ask for documents and papers of her late husband that he wanted to use for a book he was writing

bearing a central medallion with the Crescent Moon symbol also in silver

green oxidation evident on the reverse

bearing the maker mark of “Assmann & Söhne” and dated “39”

Charles Wesley Shilling

Austria, Imperial. A Jubilee Medal for Foreigners, in Bronze consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Barwirsch approached Gertrude to askInstituted December 2, 1908, by Emperor Franz Joseph I. In bronze, the obverse presents a profile of Franz Joseph I surrounded by the inscription FRANC. IOS. I. D. G. IMP. AVSTR. REX BOH. GAL. ILL. ETC ET AP. REX HVNG, the reverse presents the inscription IN MEMORIAM SEXAGESIMI ANNI IMPERII FELICITER PERACTI 1848 1908, surrounded by a laurel and oak leaf wreath, measures 38. 2 mm (w) x 43 mm (h inclusive of integral ring), worn on original triangular