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1975, Austria, Archbishpric of Vienna, Franz König. Silver "70th Birthday" Medal.

Mint Year:  1975 Medallist: W. Pichl Mint Place: Vienna Condition: Minor contact-marks, otherwise a nice AU-UNC! Denomination: Medal - 70th Birthday of Franz König, Archbishop of Vienna from 1956 to 1985. Weight: 27.92gm (full-thaler weight!) Material: Silver (.900) Diameter: 40mm

Obverse: Bust of Franz Koenig facign 3/4 left. His motto ("Renovation Reconciliation") aroudn. Legend: RENOVATIO RECONCILIATIO

Reverse: Papal legate´s hat above patriarchal double-cross ontop of coat-of-arms of the Archbishopric of Vienna with an inscribed table ("VERITATI INCARITATE"). Legend: FRANCISCO CARDINALI KÖNIG SEPTUAGESIMUM AETATISUAE ANNUM COMPLENTI

The Archbishop of Vienna is the prelate of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienna who is concurrently the metropolitan bishop of its ecclesiastical province which includes the dioceses of Eisenstadt, Linz and St. Pölten.

From 1469 to 1513, bishops from elsewhere were appointed as administrators. The first bishop residing in Vienna was Georg von Slatkonia. From 1861 to 1918, the archbishops, as members of the Herrenhaus, were represented in the Reichsrat of Cisleithania and bore the title of a Prince-Archbishop.

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Franz König (3 August 1905 – 13 March 2004) was an Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Vienna from 1956 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. The last surviving cardinal elevated by Pope John XXIII, he was the second-oldest and longest-serving cardinal worldwide at the time of his death.