Votive Church Completion Medal, 1879. Bronze, 79mm. By Carl Radnitzky. Grove unlisted. Uncirculated. Obv. Heads l. of Archdukes Carl Ludwig and Ferdinand Maximilian (Emperor Maximilian of Mexico). Rev. Gothic façade of Vienna landmark begun in 1856, later dedicated to the Mexican Emperor shot at Querétaro in 1867. Medium brown patina, in fitted case of a later date. (Est. $300-$400)
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