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Austria, German Railway Congress, Vienna, 1869, a bronze medal by W. Seidan, bust of Karl von Ghega right, reverse decorative monument to the Semmering railway, 50mm (Moyaux 285; Wurz. 3216; BDM V, 465; Swan –). About extremely fine (£30-40)

Karl Ritter von Ghega (1802-60) was the engineer responsible for building the Semmering railway, which opened in 1854