Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph I Medal & a War Welfare Office War Medal
Commemorative Medal for the 25th Anniversary of the reign of Franz Joseph I, 1848-1916, in bronze, measuring at 54.1mm in diameter and weighing at 73.8 grams; and 1914-1916 Austrian War Welfare Office War Medal - Bronze gilt, fabricated from captured weapons materials, obverse illustrating the right-facing bust of Franz Joseph, inscribed "FRANC. IOS. I." to the left and engraver marked "R. NEUBERGER" (Rudolf Neuberger) to the right, reverse illustrating a left-facing winged female angel, holding a laurel wreath aloft in her right hand and an olive branch in her left hand, three soldiers lying on the ground to the left, one with a machine gun, one with a rifle, the other appearing to be wounded in the foreground, dated "1914" and engraver marked "A. HARTIG" (Arnold Hartig) below, 49.4 mm, light contact,, near extremely fine. Both in presentation case.

