Austria/Italy-Tuscany Medal 1893 Ehrenpreis für Photographie, gestiftet von Ferdinand IV, Grossherzog von Toskana PCGS MS64

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PCGS Zertifikatsnummer: 57640174

Erhaltung: MS64

Nennwert: Medal

Jahr: 1893

Durchmesser: 55.4

Rand: Plain

PCGS Katalognummer: 986883

Name: (1893) Medal Photography Prize Medal Bronzed AE

Material: Bronzed

Land: Italy-Tuscany

Haupt-Variante: Photography Prize Medal Bronzed AE

Katalognummer: PCGS 986883

1893, Austria/Italy(Tuscany), Ferdinand IV (Grand Duke of Tuscany). Honorary Prize for Photography. Bronze Medal. PCGS MS-64!

Mint Year: 1893
Mint Place: Vienna
Medallist: A. Scharff
Reference: Loehr-Scharff 226. 
Condition: Certified and graded by PCGS as MS-64!
Denomination: Medal - Honorary award for outstanding achivements in the field of Photography, sponsored by Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Diameter: 55.4mm
Weight: ca. 65gm
Material: Bronze

Obverse: Bare bust of Ferdinand IV as Grand Duke of Tuscany left. Medallist´s signatue (A.SCHARFF) below bust truncation.
Legend: ERZHERZOG FERDINAND IV. GROSSHERZOG VON TOSCANA

Reverse: Inscription in eight ines above star. All within wreath.
Legend: EHRENPREIS FÜR HERVORRAGENDE LEISTUNGEN AUF DEM GEBIETE DER PHOTOGRAPHIE *



Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Italian: Ferdinando IV, Granduca di Toscana; 10 June 1835 – 17 January 1908) was the last Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1859 to 1860.

Born at Florence, he was the son of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies.

His first wife died in February 1859. Sometime later, he and his family were forced to flee Florence on 27 April 1859, with the outbreak of a revolution inspired by the outbreak of the Second Italian War of Independence as part of the unification of Italy. The family took refuge in Austria. After the end of the war, Leopold II abdicated on 21 July and Ferdinand succeeded him as Grand Duke. Ferdinand proved unable to return to Florence to claim his throne, and an elected Tuscan National Assembly formally deposed him only a month later, on 16 August, with Tuscany being merged into the United Provinces of Central Italy. Ferdinand still hoped to recover his throne, as both France and Austria had promised to recognize his rights to it in the Armistice of Villafranca. However, neither power was willing to take any steps to bring about his restoration; Sardinia would annex Tuscany on 22 March 1860, and with Austria recognizing the new Kingdom of Italy after the Third War of Independence in 1866, Ferdinand's hopes to reclaim the throne were ended.

Subsequently Ferdinand and his family returned to Austria. While Ferdinand was allowed to keep the grand ducal title as a courtesy and retain his status as grand master of all Tuscan orders of chivalry for his lifetime, his descendants could only bear the title of "Archduke/Archduchess of Austria"; the right to bear the title "Prince/ss of Tuscany" became restricted solely to family members born before 1866. The House of Habsburg-Tuscany continued to be recognised as a sovereign cadet branch of the House of Austria in the Almanach de Gotha and other similar genealogical publications and given precedence as such at the Austrian court. In 1870 Ferdinand relinquished all dynastic rights to the defunct Grand Duchy for himself and his future heirs in favour of his second cousin, Emperor Franz Joseph I, effectively ending the House of Habsburg-Tuscany's status as a sovereign cadet branch.

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