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Medal - Francis Joseph I Visit of the Emperor to the holy grave in Jerusalem
| Location | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1869 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Emperor Francis Joseph I facing right, with a finely detailed beard and laurel wreath tied with ribbons. The surrounding legend runs along a beaded border, with the engraver's signature J. TAUTENHAYN visible below the truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | FRANCISCVS.IOSEPHVS.I.D.G.AVSTRIAE.IMPERATOR.ET.HVNGARIAE.REX.APOST. |
| Reverse description | A standing allegorical figure of Religion, veiled and robed, holds a large Latin cross in her right hand and a book (the Bible) in her left, flanked by two kneeling winged angels in adoration; a representation of the Holy Sepulchre aedicula appears behind her to the left, and an imperial crown rests on the ground at lower left. The date IX · NOV · MDCCCLXIX appears in the lower field, with the commemorative Latin legend running around the circumference within a beaded border. |
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