AUSTRIA: Bronze merit medal for the World Fair exhibition in Vienna in 1873. Bust of Franz Joseph on obverse. Allegorical scene depicting a woman with a cornucopia handing a laurel wreath to a seated woman holding a distaff; between them is a man standing at an anvil holding a hammer and laurel wreath on reverse. Designed by Karl Schwenzer and Josef Tautenhayn. Diameter: 71mm. Weight: 153,9gr. Cleaned. Very Fine.