Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph I Medal & A War Welfare Office War Medal Archive being commissioned at Victoria

being commissioned at Victoria

(Verdienstorden Ritterkreuz I

Footnote: John Joseph Kiely was born on March 3

the announcement appearing in the Canada Gazette of Saturday

Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph I Medal & A War Welfare Office War Medal Archive being commissioned at VictoriaCommemorative Medal for the 25th Anniversary of the reign of Franz Joseph I, 1848 1916, in bronze, measuring at 54. 1mm in diameter and weighing at 73. 8 grams; and 1914 1916 Austrian War Welfare Office War Medal Bronze gilt, fabricated from captured weapons materials, obverse illustrating the right facing bust of Franz Joseph, inscribed "FRANC. IOS. I." to the left and engraver marked "R. NEUBERGER" (Rudolf Neuberger) to the right, reverse