AUSTRIA BRONZE MEDAL 1910 On the death Dr. Karl Lueger (1844-1910) 60mm H-7627

AUSTRIA

BRONZE MEDAL 1910

dr Karl Lueger (1844-1910).

On the death of the Christian Socialist
politician and mayor of Vienna; dedicated by the Austrian Society for Coin and
Medal Art. Bronze medal (1910)

by A. Hartig.



Obv: half-profile bust left.text-"YOU KNEW HIM HOW HE MEASURED THE CIRCLE OF
ACCOMPLISHMENT WITH GIANT STEPS", bust with mayor's chain.

Rev: Winged Genius; behind Vienna City Hall and St. Stephen's Cathedral.



Hauser 7627.

Weight: 93.84 g.

Diameter: 60mm.

Karl Lueger (24 October 1844 – 10 March
1910) was an Austrian politician, mayor of Vienna, and leader and founder of the
Austrian Christian Social Party.

He is credited with the transformation of
the city of Vienna into a modern city. The populist and antisemitic politics of
his Christian Social Party are sometimes viewed as a model for Adolf Hitler's
Nazism

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