Historical Objects / Medals

Collection of Tyler Yates

50th Anniversary of Archduke Joseph as Captain of Cumania

Engraver:
Josef Daniel Boehm
Year:
1845
Country:
Hungary
Diameter:
33 mm
Obverse:
Joseph Anton Johann, bust facing left. The Order of the Golden Fleece is around his neck.
JÓZSEF CS. K. ÖRÖKÖS FŐHERCZEG. MAGYARSZÁG NÁDORISPÁNJA. JÁSZOK ÉS KUNOK GRÓFJA S BIRÁJA.
I. D. BOEHM F.
Reverse:
Inscription in six lines.
A JÁSZ KUN
HÁRMAS KERÜLET
VÁLTÁGA SZÁZADOS ÜNNEPÉN
FÉLSZÁDOS GRÓFJA S BIRÁJA
HÁLÁS TISZTELETÉRE
1845.
References:
Wurzbach 4151
Hauser 50

Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary was the Palatine of Hungary from 1796 to 1847. He was born on March 9, 1776 and died January 13, 1847. He was the seventh son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Louisa of Spain.