1895 Austria Österreich 2 Heller coin rolo link brass bracelet jewelry double headed eagle Austro-Hungarian Habsburg shield Vienna Salzburg Wien Graz Innsbruck Villach Sankt Pölten Wels Sölden Ischgl Gmunden Vorarlberg Zell am See Hungary b000071

Austria - Habsburg 2 Heller {1892-1915} 8SFranz Joseph IFEATURINGfront: double-headed eagle with shield on chest from the Austro-Hungarian Empire {Habsburg coat of arms}The coat of arms of Austria-Hungary was that country's symbol during its existence from the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 to its dissolution in 1918. The double-headed eagle of the ruling House of Habsburg-Lorraine was used by the common Imperial and Royal (k. u. k.) institutions of the dual monarchy. Additionally, each of the two parts of the real union had its own coat of arms.As the double-headed eagle was reminiscent of the Reichsadler insignia of the defunct Holy Roman Empire and also the symbol of the Cisleithanian ('Austrian') half of the real union, the Hungarian government urged for the introduction of a new common coat of arms, which took place in 1915, in the midst of World War I. The new insignia combined the coat of arms of the separate halves of the Dual Monarchy, linked by the armorials of the Habsb