Mutt finds an interesting medal

He had put this away forty years ago and forgot about it. The other day he was going through a box of duplicated coins from his specialized collection and mixed in with the 2x2 white envelopes was a heaver one with no inscription on the envelope.

It turned out to be a beautiful chocolate copper small 33 mm medal of 1893.

Obverse

KELCZ GYULAK

KLOBUSICZKY LIVIA

Obverse

Kelcz family name, first name Gyulak=Julius

Klobusiczky family name, first name, Livia

Reverse

SZERENCSES

NASZNAPJUK

KEDVES EMLEKERE

BUDAPESTEN

1893 OKTOBER 14EN

AJANLJA MULLER JOZSEF

Reverse

Happy

On Wedding Day

Dear [with this] Medallion

In Budapest

[date of wedding] October 14th, 1893

Presented by Joseph Muller, Vienna Mint Director

Next, followed days of searching the Internet, postings on the rec. groups, and e-mail the identification became clearer. It was a Hungarian Wedding commerative medal dated 1893. Mutt and Jeff are still trying to get more background on Joseph Muller. So far the kind people at the American Numismatic Society identified him as the Director of the Vienna Mint, Austria.

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