AUSTRIA Karl Franz Josef 1915 Ship - SMS Tegetthoff World War I 60mm Bronze Medal 95.7 grams (Wurzbach 4294, Hauser 592)




Obverse: left facing profile bust portrait of Erzherzog Karl Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary, ERZH. KARL / FRANZ JOSEF. / A. HARTIG

Reverse: depicts dreadnaught battleship SMS Tegetthoff, OESTERR FLOTTENVEREIN KRIEGSFURSORGE 1914-1915. / A. HARTIG

Edge: plain

Karl Franz Josef was the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne following the assassination of his uncle, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, in 1914. In 1916, he ascended to the throne as Charles I of Austria, becoming the last emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

SMS Tegetthoff was one of four dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy leading up to the outbreak of World War I—the other three being the SMS Viribus Unitis, the SMS Prinz Eugen, and the SMS Szent István. She saw some action in the Bombardment of Ancona following Italy's declaration of war on the empire in 1915, though little after that point on account of the Otranto Barrage—a blockade set up by the allies with the goal of sealing off the Austro-Hungarian fleet in the Adriatic Sea, thus preventing the latter's usage throughout the Mediterranean. Following the war, the Tegetthoff was seized by the Italian military and ultimately dismantled.

The medalist, Arnold Hartig, created a series of medals during World War I of notable people and on behalf of the Austrian Navy Association War Welfare Service. 


Inv 4996

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