Austria, Empire. A Commemorative Sea Travel Medal, C.1894 Archive enamel chipping at 11 o'clock

enamel chipping at 11 o'clock on the white enamelled centrepiece

faintly maker marked “L/54” (Schauerte & Hohfeld

Footnote: William Antil Richards was born on September 7

The vessel's lower hull

" Beginning in June 1966

Austria, Empire. A Commemorative Sea Travel Medal, C.1894 Archive enamel chipping at 11 o'clock(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