Austria Hungary Commemorative Medal for the Annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina 1908 by Placht

Austro–Hungarian Empire: Commemorative 
Medal for the Annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina 
by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 
Signed by Richard Placht. 
On the obverse: The portrait of Kaiser Franz 
Joseph encircled in Latin by the inscription: Franz 
Joseph I, by the Grace of God, Emperor of Austria, 
King of Bohemia etc., Apostolic King of Hungary.
On the reverse: The date of the annexation of BiH 
and the Coat of Arms of Bosnia-Herzegovina. 
With the inscription (Latin): In Commemoration.
The medal was established in 1909 and was 
awarded to the members of the Armed Forces 
and the State mechanism that were serving in 
Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) on the date of the 
Annexation of the Province (5 Oct. 1908). BiH, at 
the time, was already under Austro–Hungarian 
occupation and administration since the end of 
the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (according 
to the provisions of the Congress of Berlin). 
The medal is rare as only 3000 were produced 
and only 2800 of them were actually issued.

FULL SIZE

1909- pre WW1 1914 - 1918

Item 100% original - vintage but replaced ribbon

Condition as on the photos
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