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SWITZERLAND:

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Ancient Start Price:325.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
SWITZERLAND:
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SWITZERLAND:LOT of 12 medals, 1) 1842, Token of Tribute to the Ministers of the State 1814-1842, 53mm bronze medal by A. Bovy, sitting city goddess with oak wreaths before Cityscape / six lines French text in oak leaf wreath, EF; 2) 1847, Guillaume Henri Dufour, general of the Federal troops, 37mm gilt bronze medal by A. Bovy, bust of General left / Swiss cross between laurel branches, AU; 3) 1847, Baron de Grenus, Geneva, 60mm bronze medal by Antoine Bovy, EF-AU; 4) 1871, Internment of 80,000 French soldiers in Switzerland, 50mm bronze medal by U. Landry, heartbroken Helvetia puts her coat protectively over a shield, French soldier on graves left, cornucopia full of coins right, EF-AU; 5) 1876, 100th Anniversary of the Societe des Arts, 57mm bronze medal by A. Bovy, Allegorical representation of society as a mother, surrounded by allegorical figures for agriculture, industry and art, EF-AU; 6) 1881, 400-year Anniversary of the union of Freiburg and Solothurn with the Confederation, 47mm bronze medal by E. Durussel, portrait of Niklaus von Flüe to right / female personifications of Fribourg, Solothurn and Switzerland, VF; 7) 1888, Inauguration of the monument of Daniel Jeanrichard, the pioneer of Swiss watchmaking, 52mm bronze medal by Huguenin Fréres & Co., statue / shields, Swiss cross above, UNC; 8) 1891, 600 Years of Confederation, 50mm aluminum medal by Lauer, Nürnberg, three figures representing Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden / tree sprouting all cantonal arms, Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden arms at base, Swiss arms at center, EF; 9) 1891, 600th Anniversary of Confederation, 68mm bronze medal by A. Dubois, Winged Nude female (victory or angel) flying right, holding torch and palm branch, view of the mountains of Switzerland in the background / legend surrounded by palm branch and shields of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden at base, Swiss arms at left, EF; 10) 1892, General Assembly of the Swiss Association officers, 45mm bronze medal by L. Jamin, state and city coats of arms on fasces and crossed gun barrels / equestrian statue of General Dufour, UNC; 11) 1914, Swiss National Exhibition in Bern, 45mm bronze medal, mother & child, workers, farmers / text, EF; 12) 1923, issue by the watch industry in Neuchâtel to commemorate the centenary of the death of Abraham Louis Breguet (1747-1823), 50mm bronze medal, by E. Rothlisberger, portrait of Breguet right / text reverse, EF, retail value $600, lot of 12 medals, EF.