Historical and Art Medals

Austria, 1906/1911. Austria. 25th Anniversary of the Completion of the Railway Line from Bozen to Meran, 1906, a bronze plaque by A. Hartig for W. Pittner, two standing figures with train, reverse Alpine township, 74 x 44mm (Moyaux 436; Dory 20; BDM VII, 420), about very fine; together with Completion of the Lotschberg Tunnel, 1911, a silver medal by R. Grégoire, workers with tunnelling equipment, reverse workers celebrate in tunnel, 36mm (Dory 197; BDM VII, 394), very fine (2)

Arnold Hartig, Hungarian-born sculptor who worked mostly in Vienna, initially under the tutelage of Tautenhayn; Rena Grégoire, medallist from Saumur. The Lotschberg Tunnel, 14.53km in length, took 4.5 years to complete. Both items illustrated