School award brass medal, presented to outstanding students for diligence, care, and hard work, issued in Vienna around 1820.
Attractive medal that exhibits plenty of mint luster.
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.
The lot is accompanied by the original ownership card from the Mękicki collection.
Obverse: scholar in ancient attire hands a student a bunch of keys, on the right side a book
ZUR NACHEIFERUNG UND BELOHNUNG
Reverse: hive surrounded by a swarm of bees
DURCH FLEISS UND ORDNUNG ERFÜLLEN SIE IHRE BESTIMMUNG
Brass, diameter 40 mm, weight 17.05 g
