Austria, Empire. A Commemorative Sea Travel Medal, C.1894 Auction with an engraved Syria Bar

with an engraved Syria Bar

vaulted - likely by recipient

measures approximately 88mm x 57mm

transferred on June 5th

Austria, Empire. A Commemorative Sea Travel Medal, C.1894 Auction with an engraved Syria Bar(Seereisedenkmnze). Issued 1893. A round gilt bronze medal; the obverse depicting a small anchor in the talons of an Austrian eagle, within a wreath consisting of laurel leaves and wild flowers, circumscribed Resie S. M. Schiff Kaiserin Elisabeth; the reverse inscribed OST INDIEN, AUSTRALIEN, SDSEE INSELN, CHINA, JAPAN 1892 1893 within a laurel wreath tied together at the base; on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon; measuring 36. 20