| Description | Medal to commemorate the centenary of the Mining and Forestry Academy (1770 - 1870). Academy based at at Schemnitz ( Hungarian: Selmecbánya (Selmec), Slovak: Banská Štiavnica).
Obverse: bust of Maria Theresia, Queen of Hungary, right profile, wearing bandeau, with falling drapery gathered at breast. On either side a laurel and palm branch. |
| InscriptionContent | Obverse: Within a border: A . MARIA . THERESIA . HUNG : REGE . METALLICORUM . ACADEMIA. Below: C. RADNITZKY.
Reverse: Within a border: SCHEMNICII . CONDITA . 1770 . PRIMUM . SECULUM . CELEBRAT . 1870. |
| AdminHistory | Now known as the the Mining Academy (German: Bergakademie Schemnitz, Slovak: Banícka akadémia, Hungarian: Selmeci Akadémia). It was the earliest higher education institution for techinical skills |