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obverse design : Count Stephen Tisza, bust, full face slightly turned to right, in spectacles and robes of office
obverse text : "TISZA" (upper right corner)
reverse design : soldier, Hungarian infantryman, taking leave of his wife and children. In the background a view of the buildings of the
city of Maros-Vasarhely. The sky is filled with the rays of an obscured sun
reverse text : "MAROS-VASARHELY 1914-1915" (upper left corner)
First World War portrait medal by Lajos Berán commemorating Count Stephen Tisza (Count Istvàn Tisza de Boros-Jeno, 1861-
1918), Hungarian Prime Minister (and head of the Liberal Party) 1903-1905 and from June 1913 to May 1917. Dismissed in 1917 he briefly took
a commission in the Hungarian Home Army. He was assassinated by communists in Budapest on 31 October 1918. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Stephan Tisza children portrait / personification Eastern Front & 1914 = 1915 First World War | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Berán, Lajos | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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