Austria, Empire. A Medal For The Defence Of The Tirol 1866 Auction Archive ) Naming is Royal Navy

) Naming is Royal Navy impressed

with "Flensberg" at the lower left

An eight pointed star with the top ray removed and replaced with Queen Victoria's Crown

in the shape of a laurel wreath

Austria, Empire. A Medal For The Defence Of The Tirol 1866 Auction Archive ) Naming is Royal NavyTirol Landesverteidigungsmedaille. Instituted in 1866. In silver, engraver marked ""TAUTENHAYN"" on the obverse, measuring 31 mm in diameter, contact marks evident on the obverse and on the raised rims, original triangular ribbon with hook and eye, very fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted on September 17, 1866 and awarded to the forces that had opposed the incursions of the Italian irregular forces of Garibaldi into the southern Tyrol. This