Item Name: Archduke Franz-Ferdinand & His Wife Sophie
Company: King & Country
Status: Current
Condition: NEW - We are Authorized K&C Dealers, so this item comes straight from the factory and has not been removed from the box.
Description: On Sunday, 28 June 1914 the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, the Archduchess Sophie were on a visit to Sarajevo, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian providence of Bosnia Herzegovina. While there a young Bosnian extremist, Gavrilo Princip, shot and killed the Royal couple as they drove through the city.
The assassinations, along with a European arms race, hyper-nationalism, the military ambitions of Imperial Germany and a toxic system of political alliances all contributed to the outbreak of the First World War, just a few short weeks after Franz Ferdinand’s violent death.Domestic Shipping: $8 Flat Rate
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