Historical and Art Medals

Austria, 1903. Austria. 70th Birthday of Ferdinand von Saar, a bronze medal by C. M. Schwerdtner, bust left, reverse standing figure with lyre, WIENER ELEGIEN, 60mm (BDM V, 439). About extremely fine

Carl Maria Schwerdtner, Viennese sculptor and medallist, studied under his father Johann; he made aparticular speciality of portrait medals