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Austria, Jubilee Ornithological Congress, Vienna, 1894, a silver medal by A. Scharff, bust of Adolf Bachofen von Echt to left, rev. swallow glides over legend, 37mm (BDM V, 369). Nearly extremely fine, scarce (£30-50)

Karl Adolf Bachofen von Echt (1830-1922), brewing magnate and burgomaster of Nussdorf, was a keen numismatist and collector of Roman coins; his collection is preserved at the Kunsthistorischen Hofmuseum