Bronze issue minted to commmemorate Count Andrzej Alojzy Skarbek Ankwicz (1777–1838), a Polish count and bishop who served as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv and Primate of Galicia and Lodomeria from 1815 to 1833. From 1833 until his death, he served as Metropolitan Archbishop of Prague and Primate of Bohemia. He is buried in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague.
Medal in a beautiful, original box, perhaps the only one of this type preserved.
Medal from the unique “Collection of Lviv and Galician Medals” of Lech Kokociński, Honorary President of the Polish Numismatic Society.
Obverse: crowned coat of arms
in the inner rim USAZEN NA ARCHBISHOPHOLICY OF PRASKE DNE XVI UNORA MDCCCXXXIV
in the outer rim ONDREG ALOYS COUNTY SKARBEK ANKWICZ Z POSLAWICE
Reverse: figure of King David with sheep, in the episode LERCH DE LERCHENAU / F•PRAGAE
DOMINVS ADIVTOR MEVS•PS•XXVIIV•VII•
Bronze, diameter 34 mm, weight 15.07 g
