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The Austrian War Medal of December 2, 1873 has a rich military history within the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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The medal was instituted by Emperor Franz Joseph I on the occasion of his twenty-fifth anniversary of his reign on December 2, 1873. The aim was to honor all soldiers who, under his rule, had taken part in the various wars and campaigns for which at that time no specific separate commemorative medal had been designed.

One particular detail is the material: the medals were struck from the bronze of captured enemy cannons from the different earlier wars

De Oostenrijkse Kriegsmedaille van 2 december 1873 kent een rijke militaire historie binnen het Oostenrijks-Hongaarse Keizerrijk.
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De medaille werd ingesteld door keizer Frans Jozef I ter gelegenheid van zijn 25-jarig regeringsjubileum op 2 december 1873. Het doel was om alle militairen te eren die onder zijn bewind hadden meegestreden in de diverse oorlogen en veldtochten waarvoor destijds geen specifieke aparte herinneringsmedaille was ontworpen.

Een bijzonder detail is het materiaal: de medailles werden geslagen uit het brons van buitgemaakte vijandelijke kanonnen uit de verschillende eerdere oorlogen

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Austria's 1873 War Medal (Kriegsmedaille 1873), an original bronze medal issued by Emperor Franz Joseph I on 2 December 1873 for his 25th year of reign, struck from bronze taken from enemy cannons.

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Austria's 1873 War Medal (Kriegsmedaille 1873), an original bronze medal issued by Emperor Franz Joseph I on 2 December 1873 for his 25th year of reign, struck from bronze taken from enemy cannons.

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