A nicely preserved piece. Medal in cast bronze commemorating one of the more tragic events in the history of Poland under the partitions, which was the Galician Robbery.
Obverse: Marianne's head in a Phrygian cap to the right, at her sides a bayonet and a palm leaf, in the rim the legend:
DEMOCRATIE FRANCAISE;
Reverse: gallows, below it and in the rim legend:
MASSACRES DE GALLICIE/METTERNICH/BRENDT/VOUS A/L'EXECRATION/DE LA/POSTERITE;
Bronze, diameter 40.8 mm, weight 19.7 g.