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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2464020, member: 46237&quot;]Here&#039;s a new pickup from the Heritage auction last night. It was attributed as an Austrian Franz Joseph medal, but it is obviously Hungarian as all the text is Hungarian and Franz Joseph&#039;s Hungarian name is exclusively used.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hungary</b></p><p><b>Ferencz Jozsef medal 1916</b></p><p><b>Enameled bronze, 65mm</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse reads (in Hungarian):</p><p>&quot;Bizom nepemben s ugyunk igazsagaban 1914-1915 Ferencz Jozsef&quot;, which translates to something like &quot;I am insured in my people and in the truth of our situation 1914-1915 Franz Joseph&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on the text and date, it seems to be a commemorative of Franz Joseph I during the period of the declaration of war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia at the onset of WWI.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, I have a pair of Hungarian coronation medals in exactly the same style as this that are dated 1917 and were made for the coronation of Karoly IV and Empress Zita.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]517091[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]517092[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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