Austria, Empire. An Award Medal For The Promotion Of Humanistic Studies 1774 Auction Archive 1814 during the reign of

1814 during the reign of Tsar Alexander I

he was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with two clasps: Transvaal and Orange Free State

then as a Telephone Installer with Northern Electric Company of Montreal

but with the horizontal pinback missing

Austria, Empire. An Award Medal For The Promotion Of Humanistic Studies 1774 Auction Archive 1814 during the reign ofIn Gold, weighing 38. 2 grams, hallmarked on the edge, obverse illustrating the right facing bust of Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary & Croatia Maria Theresa, surrounded by the inscription "M THERESIA AVG MATER SCIENTIAR BONARVMQ ARTIVM", reverse illustrating the helmeted Roman goddess Minerva seated below an olive tree at the left, with a group of six children in front of her, a long spear in her right hand and a shield at her right side,