Item Number: TR008 Item Name: Emperor Franz-Joseph
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: Born in 1830, Franz-Joseph became Emperor of the sprawling and often fractious Austro Hungerian Empire at the age of 18.
He would go on to become the longest-reigning monarch of this
ill-fated conglomeration until his death at the age of 86 in 1916.
Franz-Joseph’s reign was anything but peaceful and throughout this
period was beset by wars, revolts, suicides and assassinations… often
involving close members of his own family. The two most notable being
the killing of his heir apparent, the Archduke Franz-Ferdinand and his
wife Sophie in Sarajevo in June 1914. This murderous act was to
ultimately lead to the outbreak of World War One just two months later.
This K&C rendition of the Emperor is based on several portraits
of Franz-Joseph as well as a mounted statue and shows him in a typical
saluting pose while riding one of his favorite horses.Domestic Shipping: $8 Flat Rate
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