Austria, Empire. A Small Silver Academy Medal For Military Surgeons, C.1789 Archive greening evident on the reverse

greening evident on the reverse of the badge

exhibiting light soiling on the interior lining near the opening

he was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and was named to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Military Writing

with the exception of a maker’s mark near the reverse ricasso reading “F

Austria, Empire. A Small Silver Academy Medal For Military Surgeons, C.1789 Archive greening evident on the reverse1789 Issue. Type II. (Kleine silberne Verdienstmedaille fr Militrchriurgen). A round silver medal; the obverse depicting the bust of a rightward facing Kaiser Joseph II, circumscribed by his name and title designer marked Donner on the bottom of the medal; the reverse inscribed Academia medico chirurgica militaris (Latin Academy of Military Surgeons; on a loop for suspension from its shortened period original ribbon; measuring 35. 75 mm in diameter;