Watch List notes:

AUSTRIA, Austro-Hungarian Empire. Franz Josef I. 1867-1916. AR Medal (58mm, 70.46 g, 12h). Honorary Award of the Imperial Royal Ministry of Trade. By Josef Tautenhayn. Dated 1903. (star) FRANCISCVS · IOSEPHVS · I · D · G · AVSTRIAE · IMPERATOR · ET · HVNGARIAE · REX · APOST ·, laureate head of right; JOS · TAUTENHAYN below / ČESTNÁ CENA C · K · MINISTERSTVA OBCHODU (Honorary Award of the Imperial Royal Ministry of Trade), winged genius kneeling right on ground line crowning personification of Industry seated slightly left, resting elbow on hand holding hammer set on anvil; symbols of mechanics behind; ; JOS · TAUTENHAYN in exergue. Edge: VÝCHODOČESKÁ VÝSTAVA V PARDUBICÍH 1903 (East Bohemian Exhibition in Pardubice 1903). Cf. Macho & Chlapovič 17, lot 1893 (for another example). Iridescent toning, hairlines. As made.