Austria Silver Commemorative & Merit Medal for the Defense of Tirol (Tyrol) Napoleonic Wars 1797

Austrian Empire  (Holy Roman Empire): 
Silver Commemorative and Merit Medal for 
the Defense of Tirol, in 1797 against the 
French.
The medal was instituted by Kaiser Franz II, 
in July 1797, in 3 types: 
- Large Gold Medal (issued to Army Corps 
Commanders)
- Gold Medal (for Officers) 
- Silver Medal (for NCOs and other ranks).
It was issued to the Tiroleans who took up 
arms in support of the Austrian Army and 
who displayed exceptional bravery or merit 
in defending the Tirol Province against the 
French troops of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Obverse: The portrait of Kaiser Franz II with 
the inscription: 
"FRANZ.II. R. K. ERZH. ZU. OEST. GEF. GRAF. 
VON. TYROL." 
(Franz II Roman Emperor, Archduke of Austria, 
Prince, Count of Tirol)
Reverse: The inscription "DEN TAPFEREN 
VERTHEIDIGERN DES VATERLANDES 
MDCCXCVII (To the Brave Defenders of the 
Fatherland 1797).
Signed I.N. Wirt F (for the medalist Johann 
Nepomuk Wirt - the "F" stands for "Fabrikant" 
- maker).
A rare Austrian medal for the Napoleonic 
Wars.

FULL SIZE

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 
(1789-1815)

Item 100% original - original ribbon

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