Rare medal minted to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First Partition of Poland.
Issued in Augsburg at the request of the celebration committee in Lviv.
Prints were made in silver, bronze, copper and tin. The present copy is a bronze print.
Light cuts in the background.
Obverse: open book with the inscription Pray and work, above the book the motto GOD WITH US;
Reverse: oak branch and thorn branch, between them a cross, above it the inscription MEMORIAL and a ribbon with the inscription r.1872, above the ribbon a star;
Bronze, diameter 34.5 mm, weight 15.49 g.
