Watch List notes:

AUSTRIA, Austro-Hungarian Empire. Franz Josef I. 1867-1916. AR Medal (69mm, 142.27 g, 12h). 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. By Anton Scharff. Dated 1899. GOETHE to left, bust right; A. Scharff/1899 in two lines right / Depiction of the Prologue in Heaven of Goethe's Faust; dialogue between God in center and Mephistopheles to right; behind God stand the Archangels Raphael, Gabriel, and Michael; castle below clouds. Edge: hallmarks and collector's stamp. Förschner 158. Iridescent toning, some light marks. EF.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex J. Henri Ripetra Collection (COAT, 13 February 1975), lot 1556.