Watch List notes:

AUSTRIA, Kaisertum Österreich-Ungarn. temp. Franz Josef I. 1867-1916. Silvered Cast Æ Plaquette (62x46mm, 59.25 g, 12h). Issues with designs related to Motherhood. 60th Birthday of Eduard Fœst. By Franz Xavier Pawlik. Dated 1897. Bust right in oval medallion; ЄD · FŒST above above; 1837 – 1897 below; to ether side, ribbons inscribed with children's names entwined about roses; artist's signature to lower right / Older woman with three children, regarding framed memorial plaque inscribed ZVM 60./GEBVRTSFESTE/VNSERES · LIEBEN/VATERS/SEINE · DANKBAREN/KINDER/WIEN · 17. DECEM ·/1897 in eight lines; interior decoration to left, draped curtain to right. Toned. EF.

From the Monica J. Kern Collection of Motherhood Art Medals.