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Medal - SMS Kaiser Karl VI.
| Location | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1898 |
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| Technique | Cast |
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| Obverse description | In high relief, a winged allegorical female figure (Victory or Fame) stands triumphantly atop the prow of the warship SMS Kaiser Karl VI. as it is launched into the sea, waving a flag aloft. Below her, Neptune and a Naiad support the hull amid crashing waves, with the shipyard structures of the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino visible in the left background. The inscription in three lines appears in the upper left field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a fourteen-line Latin inscription in capital letters across the field, recording that in the fiftieth year of the reign of Emperor Francis Joseph I, the Imperial and Royal warship named Kaiser Karl VI. was built at the naval yard of San Rocco near Trieste and launched on 4 October 1898, with Archduchess Isabella of Austria as sponsor; a final three-line inscription in smaller lettering notes she was prevented from attending by mourning for the Empress Elisabeth. |
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