Rare silver issue minted to commemorate the first partition of Poland, which took place in 1772, the medal was issued in 1782.
Designed by Johann Würth (1753-1811).
Medal from the unique “Collection of Lviv and Galician Medals” of Lech Kokociński, Honorary President of the Polish Numismatic Society.
Obverse: bust of Emperor Joseph II in a wig and laurel wreath, right, below the signature I•N•WIRT•F•
IOS•II•AVG•GALIC•ET•LOD•R•OSVIC•ET•ZAT•D•
Reverse: on the left, a man in a toga hands a document to a woman with a corona muralis on her head, leaning against a four-field shield with the coats of arms of Galicia, Lodomeria, Auschwitz and Zator, the figures shake hands, between them a large vessel with protruding ears of grain, in the exerque MDCCLXXXII•
CONVENTV•ORDIN•PERPETVO•IN•GALICIA•ET•LOD• CONSTITVTO
Silver, diameter 42 mm, weight 26.23 g
