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Auction 55  17 Feb 2021
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Lot 596

Estimate: 100 GBP
Price realized: 84 GBP
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World Medals, Austro-Hungarian Empire [Croatia], Franz Joseph (1848-1916), centenary of the annexation of Rijeka to Hungary as a separate territory, copper medal, 1879, by Johann Schwerdtner, MARIA THERESIA HUNG REX JUS FLUMINENSIUM STATUTE 1779, bust of Maria Theresia (1740-1780) right, rev. LAETA CIVITAS PRIMUM CELEBRAT SAECULUM 1879, arms and supporters, 60.5mm. (Hauser 1669), good extremely fine
Fiume [now Rijeka] was attached to the Kingdom of Hungary in 1779, retaining autonomous status, although the Kingdom of Croatia was also to maintain a claim.
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