Austria, Imperial. A 1914 Emperor Franz Joseph I First War Medallion By Arnold Hartig GTRexclude and by his personal example

and by his personal example and skillful direction enabled our pursuing forces to maintain contact

the negatives pristine and without flaws

" under the bust on the obverse

of superb quality manufacture by French maker Lemaitre

measuring 107 mm (w) x 161 mm (h)

Austria, Imperial. A 1914 Emperor Franz Joseph I First War Medallion By Arnold Hartig GTRexclude and by his personal example(Franz Joseph I Erinnerungsmedaille). Constructed of bronze, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Emperor Franz Joseph I, flanked by name and title in abbreviated Latin, the reverse with a raised Austro Hungarian machine gun crew topped by an angel, above a date of 1914, maker marked A. HARTIG, measuring 50 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.