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Description: | obverse design : Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary as King Karl IV of Hungary, bust, right profile, wearing the crown of St
Stephen and ornate coronation robes
obverse text : "CAROLUS.IV.AP REX.HUNGARIAE"
reverse design : Emperor Karl as King Karl IV of Hungary, on horseback facing left, cloaked, crowned and holding a sword in his right
hand
reverse text : "IN MEMORIAM.XXX DECEMB.A.DOM.MCMXVI"
This formal portrait medal by Elizabeth von Esseö commemorates the coronation of Emperor Karl I (1887-1922) as King
Charles IV (or Karl IV) of Hungary, on 30 December 1916. Karl, who became Emperor of Austria on the death of Franz Josef on 21 November
1916, was the last of the Austro-Hungarian Emperors. He died of pneumonia in Madeira on 1 April 1922, aged 34. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Austro-Hungarian Home Front & Coronation of Emperor Karl as King Karl IV of Hungary & 30/12/1916 Emperor of Austria-Hungary portrait / personification commemorative Karl I | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Esseö, Elizabeth von | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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