fme_701217 - SWITZERLAND - CANTON OF FRIBOURG Plaquette, Tir fédéral de Fribourg
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Type : Plaquette, Tir fédéral de Fribourg
Date: 1934
Mint name / Town : Suisse, Fribourg
Quantity minted : <500
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 85,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 170,3 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec quelques marques d’usure sur les hauts reliefs. Présence de quelques coups
Catalogue references :
Richter433
Obverse
Obverse legend : TIR FEDERAL / FRIBOURG 1934.
Obverse description : Homme debout, tenant un fusil dans ses mains et nettoyant le canon, vue sur les falaises et des bâtiments à l’arrière plan. Blasons à l’exergue. Signé : W. JORDAN DEL. / HUGUENIN SC..
Reverse
Reverse legend : LISSE.
Reverse description : Signé à l’exergue : HUGUENIN FRERES & C.O / LE LOCLE.
Commentary
Dimensions : 85,5*55,5 mm.
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - CANTON OF FRIBOURG
Friborg was founded in 1178 by the House of Zäringhen then, from 1277, passed into the Habsburg family. In 1452, Louis de Savoie incorporated Friborg into his duchy. In 1477, the people of Friborg became independent before becoming members of the Helvetic Confederation in 1481. Friborg concluded a treaty of alliance with France called "Perpetual Peace". In the 16th century the canton of Friborg was the center of the Swiss Catholic reform.
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