Austria, Empire. An 1866 Tirol Campaign Commemorative Medal, c.1870 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac mounted to a ten-pointed star

mounted to a ten-pointed star base in silver gilt

measuring 11 cm (w) x 42 mm (l)

in nickel plated metal (magnetic)

Klass mit Schwertern)

Minor reforms of the constitution of the Order occurred in 1962 and 1980

Austria, Empire. An 1866 Tirol Campaign Commemorative Medal, c.1870 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac mounted to a ten-pointed star(Tiroler Landesverteidignungsmedaille). Instituted September 17th, 1866. A circular silver medal, the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Kaiser Franz Joseph I., circumscribed by his name and title in German, the reverse inscribed Meinem Treuen Volke von Tirol (My Loyal Peoples from Tirol) and dated 1866 within an open ended laurel and oak leaf wreath, suspended from its period original tri fold ribbon, unmarked, measuring 31. 0 mm in