Original Vintage Bronze Medal -- INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION TRIESTE 1898

The Medal was issued in 1898 to commemorate the International Exhibition of Food, Industrial, Commercial, Hygiene and Sports Items in Trieste. It is bronze 59 mm diameter weighing 37 grams. It shows within a beaded circle a seated female figure (representing Trieste) with a shield and holding a laurel wreath. She is surrounded by various industrial and food products as well as available transportation for distribution (shipping, train).

The Imperial Free City of Trieste was a possession of the Habsburgs from the 14th century to 1806 and a part of the German Confederation and the Austrian Littoral from 1849 to 1920. In 1719 it was declared a free port and construction of the Austrian Southern Railway (1841–57) turned it into a bustling seaport through which much of the exports and imports of Austria Lands were distributed.

From my personal collection. The one pictured is the one you will receive.