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Empress Zita of Austria - Protectress of the war children
| Location | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Technique | Struck |
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| Obverse description | High-relief truncated bust of Empress Zita facing left, wearing a tiara, pearl necklace, and ermine-trimmed imperial robes with a decorative brooch at the chest. The legend arcs around the upper field, with the engraver's signature H. KAUTSCH visible in the right field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Allegorical scene depicting Zita as Caritas standing in the center, tending to a young infant seated on a draped pedestal to the left, while a standing girl in peasant dress looks on from the right. The inscription appears in three lines in the left field, with the engraver's signature H. KAUTSCH to the right. |
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