Live auction - fme_1002856 - SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA Médaille, VIIIe exposition suisse d’agriculture
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, VIIIe exposition suisse d’agriculture
Date: 1910
Mint name / Town : Suisse, Lausanne
Metal : silver
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver HOLY Jules (1872-1950) et son frère Hanz
Weight : 19,45 g.
Edge : lisse + ARGENT
Puncheon : ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Médaille nettoyée. Patine hétérogène irisée avec des traces d’usure, quelques coups et rayures. Tâches d’oxydation sur les deux faces et la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : LAUSANNE // 1910.
Obverse description : Représentation d’un éleveur et d’un taureau, la campagne en arrière-plan. Signé : JOLY FRS.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIII.E EXPOSITION SUISSE D’AGRICULTURE.
Reverse description : Des animaux de la ferme, en arrière-plan la ville de Lausanne, surmonté de la légende semi-circulaire. Signé : HOLY F.RES.
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA
(since 1848)
Switzerland formed a Confederation in 1848. It adopted the Swiss Franc, aligned with the French Franc in 1850. It joined the Latin Union in December 1865. It remained neutral during the two world wars and later grew rich thanks to its banks.
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