This is a 19th-century Black Forest Austrian fallow deer mount from Eckartsau Castle of Franz Ferdinand & Kaiser Wilhelm II along with being marked by Buda-Nyék, Budapest, Hungary. The Castle of Eckartsau in Austria was Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s (heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) estate from which these antlers were taken. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the owner of the Eckartsau Palace, had it turned into a hunt castle. Today Eckartsau is now a museum, were many of his trophies are displayed. The Eckartsau Hunt Castle would host Ferdinand’s family and various dignitaries included hunts with King Wilhelm II, the last King of Prussia and the last Emperor or Kaiser of Germany. A group of the trophies were acquired by a collector and imported into the US. The royal trophies in the collection were from both the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Eckartsau Estate and Kaiser Wilhelm II, Eulenburg Estate. The deer mount features a wonderfully and professionally crafted taxidermy construction that shows an impressive display of antlers and skull cap from a European Fallow Deer. The shield is marked at the bottom with illegible script and features a medallion that has a stag head on one side and reads as follows on the back: Orszagos Trofea Biralo Bizottsag - Budapest. The condition of this Fallow deer mount is well preserved with only some slight wear to the hardwood shield but otherwise shows a well preserved condition. The measurements of this fallow deer mount is 33" x 27" x 17 1/2". The collective weight of this mount is 6lb 2oz. Provenance: From a prominent ex-Bozeman private collection who purchased the majority of his collection from Cowan's, Skinner, Bonhams, Morphy's, Sotheby's, March in Montana, North American Auction and other well revered auction houses.