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Description: | obverse design : Feldmarschall Johann R Löbl von Tauernstorff, bust, left profile, in uniform
obverse text : "FML.JOHANN R.LÖBL v.TAUERNSTORFF"
reverse design : soldier, Austro-Hungarian infantryman, standing facing right to look down on two cherubs who offer him a
cornucopia
reverse text : "IN DER HEIMAT FÜR DIE HELDEN IM FELDE FÜR DIE TAPFEREN" & "1914 K.F.A.1917"
First World War portrait medal by Arnold Hartig commemorating the death, in 1917, of Feldmarschalleutnant Johann Löbl
von Tauernstorff (1859-1917), one in a series of patriotic medallic tributes to senior Austro-Hungarian political and military figures
produced by the artist during the war. The elegiac reverse text is translated as 'In the homeland for the heroes - in the field for the
valiant'. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | First World War & 1914 = 1916 Tauernstorff portrait / personification Johann R Löbl von AH.A | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Hartig, Arnold | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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