1898 Jubilee Medal

Austria-Hungary military and cilvil award 1898 Jubilee Medal Jubileumi Udvari Emlékérem.jpg 200px Bronze Military Jubilee Medal for the Armed Forces Austria-Hungary No longer awarded 2 December 1898 Bronze medal of the Decoration for Services to the Red Cross 1908 Jubilee Cross 100px 100px 100px Ribbons of the medal The 1898 Jubilee Medal (de Jubiläums-Erinnerungsmedaille 1898, also known as Signum Memoriaehttps://www.kuenker.de/kaiserreich-oesterreich-1804-1918/474876 Kaiserreich Österreich (1804–1918), Miniaturen-Kettchen mit Erinnerungsmedaille 1898 "Signum Memoriae" Auction 415, Lot 561 Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG 28 October 2024 25 February 2026) was a military and civil decoration of Austria-Hungary established in 1898 and awarded for the anniversary of Emperor Franz Josef's accession to the throne of the Habsburg Empire. History General left|1898 Golden Jubilee Medal for 50 years of service|thumb|100px The 1898 Jubilee Medal was created by Emperor Franz Josef on 2 December 1898 in order to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his accession to the throne of the Habsburg Empirehttp://akm.jjsoft.hu/rendjel/bevezet/szalag.htm Kitüntetések szalagsávja akm.jjsoft.hu 19 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20100328081956/http://akm.jjsoft.hu/rendjel/bevezet/szalag.htm 28 March 2010 dead The medal was 34–35 mm in diameter. The golden Jubilee medal had an eagle on top. The obverse of the medal bore the portrait of Emperor Franz Josef. On the reverse is written MDCCCXLLVIII-MDCCCXCVIII (1848–1898) in a laurel wreath. The medal is suspended from a red trifold ribbon for the armed forces, a red and white for civilians, and a white ribbon with a wide red stripe for Court officials. It was possible to receive both military and civilian versions of the medal if the recipient was both a civilian state official and, for example, an officer in the reserve. The civilian version and the one for military personnel had different inscriptions around the obverse: Civilian version: FRANC•IOS•I•D•G•IMP•AVSTR•REX•BOH•ETC•REX•AP•HVNG. Military version: FRANC•IOS•I•D•G•IMP•AVSTR•REX•BOH•ETC•AC•AP•REX•HVNG. Ribbons thumb|Demeter Ritter von Tuschinski, Prosecutor in Czernowitz, wearing a civilian and a military version as he was an officer in the reserve, as well. The medal came in four versions: 45x45px Jubilee Court Medal – Jubiläums-Hofmedaille 45x45px Gold Jubilee Medal for the Armed Forces – Goldene Jubiläums-Erinnerungsmedaille für die bewaffnete Macht und die Gendarmerie 45x45px Bronze Jubilee Medal for the Armed Forces – Jubiläums-Erinnerungsmedaille für die bewaffnete Macht und die Gendarmerie 45x45px Jubilee Medal for Civilian Servants – Jubiläums-Erinnerungsmedaille für Zivilstaatsbedienstete Endnotes Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Austria-Hungary Category:Awards established in 1898