BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINE - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA François-Joseph I (1848-1916). Plaque, Bosnia-Herzegovina pavilion at the 1900 Paris World Exhibition, by H. Kautsch 1900, Paris. Av. PARIS. RECEIVING. THE. BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. A Bosnian kneeling on the right, bringing gifts to France and Bosnia standing on the left. Behind them the cities of Paris and Sarajevo. In the corners, below, the shields of Paris and Bosnia-Herzegovina; on the right signature H. KAUTSCH 1900. Rv. The Exhibition pavilion behind intertwined laurel and rose branches bearing a ribbon inscribed PAX 1900. In the exergue the inscription in three lines LA. BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA. A. L'EXPOSITION. UNIVERSELLE and signature H. KAUTSCH. Forrer III pp.126-130 - Maier p.130 ; Silver plated bronze - 229,2 g - 81 mm - 12 h Medal consisting of two plates welded together in silver-plated bronze, in accordance with the manufacturing techniques of the period. Nice grey patina for this remarkable composition and only small marks in the fields and on the corners. Superb at Fleur de coin. Heinrich Kautsch (1859-1943), of Austrian origin, learned the engraving trade from his father, a goldsmith. He studied in Vienna, Prague and various other capitals. He was a member of the Jury at the Chicago Exhibition in 1893, as well as at the 1900 Paris Exhibition, as vice-president of the Jury (class 97) and a member of the Bosnia-Herzegovina commission, for which he produced this plaque.