K und K Monarchy memorial medal, Franz Joseph of Austria "Signum Memoriae". Franz Josef 50 year Memorial Medal 1898. Austria - Hungary I. Franz Josef medal in bronze diameter 35 mm . the face with a head and shoulders portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I facing right circumscribed ‘‘FRANC IOS. I. D. G. IMP. AUSTR REX BOH. ETC. AC AP REX HUNG.’ (Franz Joseph I, by the grace of God Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia etc. Apostolic King of Hungary); the reverse with a central rectangular plaque inscribed ‘SIGNUM MEMORIAE’ (Token of remembrance) within a wreath of laurel and oak and dated ‘MDCCCXLVIII – MDCCCXCVIII’ (1848 – 1898). The medal was issued to members of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces and for civilians on 21 October 1898 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I. This is an interesting medal with the portrait of Franz Josef of Austria. He was crowned King of Hungary.