Medal minted on the occasion of the annexation of Galicia and Lodomeria to Austria as a result of the first partition of Poland.
Designed by Kraft, signed KRAFT under the bust of Joseph.
Obverse: busts of Joseph and Maria Teresa right
IOSEPHVS II• M• THERESIA AVGG•
Reverse: kneeling personification of Galicia pays homage to the personification of Austria sitting on a throne, leaning on an Austrian shield and holding an olive branch, with shields of annexed lands lying at her feet, in exerque GALICIA LODOMERIA/IN FIDEM RECEPTIS / MDCCLXXIII•
ANTIQVA IVRA VINDICATA
Diameter 50 mm, weight 43.56 g