Austrian Engravers
Rudolf Neuberger was born in Vienna February 12, 1861 and died there February 20, 1916.  He
was a student of Anton Scharff, K. Hrachowina and L. Minnigerode.  For a time after 1905 he was
president of the engraving section of the Austrian Mint.
Inscription: Herrn K K Oberbalirat maschinen Direktor Der
K K Priv Südbahn, Gesellschaft Ingenieur Eustach Prossy
zur Freundl Erinnerung Gewidmet v. Seinen Beamten
1913.

Translated that means something like: Mr. K.K.
Oberbaurat Machine Director of the K.K. private South
railway company, Engineer Eustach Prossy, in friendly
remembrance from his devoted public officials 1913.

Südbahn.  The Südbahn is still a private rail line. It
leaves from the Vienna SudBahnhof and goes south
terminating about 50km south of Gumpoldkirchen.   The
Sudbahn basically parallels the highway South to Graz.
*****     k. k. or k. u. k.  ("kaiserlich-königlich" and "kaiserlich und königlich"), k. k. (kaiserlich stands
for imperial, königlich for royal).  After the Compromise (Ausgleich) of 1867, k.k. was used for and
comprised agencies and institutions in the western part of the Habsburg empire ("kingdoms and
lands represented in the Reichsrat") but not for the eastern part, the kingdom of Hungary
("königlich-ungarisch" = Royal Hungarian". The abbreviation k. u. k. was used for institutions and
agencies common to the two parts of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy (i.e. the army, the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance).
Austrian Coins,
Medals & Tokens
Plaque by R. Neuberger, Engineer
Eustach Prossy