FINE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SOLDIER’S RING C.1880-90, SIZE 9 ½ 07/23/2024 11th century

11th century

Size 3 1/2 worn by a woman on the small finger as was the custom

The engraving applied after the ring made

Size 7 ½-7 ¾

perhaps noble or aristocratic

FINE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SOLDIER’S RING C.1880-90, SIZE 9 ½ 07/23/2024 11th centuryType popularized with the last decades of the 19th century with the military build up and occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Balkans by the Austro Hungarian alliance against Russia. Size 9 1 2 with 3. 6mm rounded face band flaring to the foliate decorated shoulders. Elaborate rococo scrolling edged bezel. Transverse medial line with a crown above and vacant below for the owners initial or monogram. Gilt bronze with the 24karat gold surface