Austria, Empire. A Medal For The Defence Of The Tirol 1866 Auction Archive 1921 in Ottawa

1921 in Ottawa

Accompanied by extensive research and official records from the National Archives of Canada

) Naming is Royal Navy impressed

with scalloped flaps on either side of the venting

including small decoration

Austria, Empire. A Medal For The Defence Of The Tirol 1866 Auction Archive 1921 in OttawaTirol Landesverteidigungsmedaille. Instituted in 1866. In silver, engraver marked ""TAUTENHAYN"" on the obverse, measuring 31 mm in diameter, contact marks evident on the obverse and on the raised rims, original triangular ribbon with hook and eye, very fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted on September 17, 1866 and awarded to the forces that had opposed the incursions of the Italian irregular forces of Garibaldi into the southern Tyrol. This