Issue minted to commemorate the liberation of Lviv by the united forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany during World War I, which took place on June 22, 1915.
Medal designed by Friedrich Wilhelm Hörnlein (1873-1945), signed on the obverse.
Specimen from the unique "Collection of Lviv and Galician Medals" of Lech Kokociński, Honorary President of the Polish Numismatic Society.
Obverse: three crowned eagle heads, with the signature FH between the two heads at the bottom
SIE WARD / GESCHMIEDET / AUF'S / NEUE - DIE / NIBE- / LUNGEN / TREUE
Reverse: inscription in three lines
BEFREIUNG / LEMBERGS / 22. JUNI 1915
Silver, diameter 28 mm, weight 11.94 g
