Issue struck to commemorate the visit of Emperor Franz Joseph I (1848-1916) to Galicia in 1880.
On the reverse, below the date, signature UNECHT, of the Viennese medalist.
Medal from the unique “Collection of Lviv and Galician Medals” of Lech Kokociński, Honorary President of the Polish Numismatic Society, originating from the collection of Rudolf Mękicki of Lviv, a distinguished Polish numismatist of the interwar period.
Obverse: Bust of Emperor Franz Joseph I in a laurel wreath, facing right
✶ FRANCISZEK JÓZEF
Reverse: crowned two-field coat of arms of Galicia, with the Jackdaw in the upper field and the Three Crowns in the lower field
NA PAMIĄTKĘ POBYTU CESARSKIEGO w GALICYI ✶ 1880 ✶, under the date signature UNECHT
Brass, diameter 29 mm, weight 11.85 g
