Johann Strauss II, uniface bronze medal by Hartig, Vienna, bust almost facing, johann strauss around, 70mm (Niggl – ; cf 1942). Extremely fine (£30-40)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Musica in Nummis: A Collection of Medals relating to Classical Musicians.

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A large and impressive medal, perhaps struck in 1925 on the 50th Anniversary of Strauss’s death. The medal recorded by Niggl is a later issue and has a reverse and the date 1949.