Austro-Hungarian Empire, Hungary (Kremnitz) Silver Medal 1897 - Assembly of the Hungarian Mining and Metallurgical Association in Rimaszombat - Franz Joseph I (1867–1916)

39.95g. 42mm. UNC/UNC. An outstanding specimen with finely matte fields and a beautiful, elegant gray patina. 

Medalier: Karl Gerl and Josef Reisner (signed GERL and REISNER on obverse and reverse). 

Hauser 2006; Müseler III-71/27C; Ernst 733; Hu-Pr 2554. 

Very rare. (Auktionshaus H.D. Rauch GmbH, E-Auction 45 - 1000 eur for copper). 

Obv.: Bust of Dr. László Lukács right, Finance Minister and honorary president of the Hungarian Mining and Metallurgical Association; small crossed mining hammers at right. 

Inscription around: 

A BÁNYÁSZATI EGYESÜLET DÍSZEINÖKE 

(Honorary President of the Mining Association). 

Inscription in field: 

DR LUKÁCS LÁSZLÓ 

Rev.: Miner standing in a landscape, holding a hammer in his right hand and a lamp in his left; at right, shield with crossed mining tools beneath the Crown of St. Stephen; industrial buildings and mining structures in the background. 

Inscription around: 

AZ ORSZ. MAGY. BÁNYÁSZATI ÉS KOHÁSZATI EGYESÜLET 1897 SEPT. 12. 

(National Hungarian Mining and Metallurgical Association, 12 September 1897). 

Inscription in exergue: 

RIMASZOMBATON TART. KÖZGYŰLÉSÉNEK EMLÉKÉÜL 

(In memory of the general assembly held at Rimaszombat). 

This medal commemorates the general assembly of the Hungarian Mining and Metallurgical Association held in Rimaszombat (today Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia) in 1897. At the time, the region was an important center of mining and metallurgical activity within the Kingdom of Hungary. The imagery of the miner and industrial landscape reflects the significance of resource extraction and heavy industry in the late 19th-century economy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as well as the institutional organization of professional and technical communities. 

Issue of interest to collectors of medals of Hungary and Slovakia, struck in the area of modern Slovakia (Kremnica), historically associated with the Austro-Hungarian Empire under Franz Joseph I.