Very rare tin issue minted to commemorate the opening of the Lviv Polytechnic University on November 15, 1877. The Polytechnic was housed in a newly constructed building, designed and built by Julian Zachariewicz (1837-1898), also its professor of architecture.
Medal by N. Sternberg.
Mint luster on both sides.
Specimen from the unique “Collection of Lviv and Galician Medals” of Lech Kokociński, Honorary President of the Polish Numismatic Society.
Obverse: two allegories, a seated woman and a man in antique costumes, a six-pointed star between their heads, an eagle next to them, an owl between them, various symbols in the rim between the words, N. STERNBERG on the side
ARCH. INŻ. - MECH. CHEM. - LITERIS - ARTIBUS
Reverse: an inscription in seven lines surrounded by a floral wreath tied with a ribbon in the middle
MEDAL / PAMIĄTKOWY / OTWARCIA / POLITECHNIKI / LWOWSKIEJ / 15. LISTOPADA / 1877
Tin, diameter 56 mm, weight 50.99 g
