Silver plated tin issue minted to commemorate two outstanding commanders, heroes of the Uprising in Hungary during the Spring of Nations, the Polish general Józef Bem and the Hungarian Lajos Kossuth, issued in 1849 in Augsburg.
Medal by Gottfried Drentwett.
Medal from the unique “Collection of Lviv and Galician Medals” of Lech Kokociński, Honorary President of the Polish Numismatic Society.
Obverse: two busts, on the left side of Lajos Kossuth, under which the inscription LUD. KOSSUTH, on the right side of Józef Bem, under which the inscription JOS. BEM.
VEREINT I KAMPF FÜR UNGARNS HEILIGE FREIHEIT
Reverse: in the field, an inscription in seven lines surrounded by a floral wreath, under the wreath the signature DRENTWETT F
DES / RUHMES / UNWELKBAREN / LORBEER / WINTED D.GESCHICHTE / EUCH / BEIDEN
Silver-plated tin, dimater 41 mm, weight 22.53 g
