E-auction 621-608894 - SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA - CANTON OF VAUD Médaille, Centenaire de l’indépendance du canton de Vaud
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Type : Médaille, Centenaire de l’indépendance du canton de Vaud
Date: 1897
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver HANTZ Georges (1846-1930)
Weight : 6,58 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, coups et rayures. Présence de tâches d’oxydation. Restes d’étain au revers suite à un ancien montage pour broche
Obverse
Obverse legend : CENTENAIRE. DE. L’INDEPENDANCE. DU. CANTON. DE. VAUD. - DECRET. DU. 13 MAI. 1897.
Obverse description : Blason gravé LIBERTE ET PATRIE posé sur un cuir couronné, entouré d’épis de blé et de grappes de raisin.
Reverse
Reverse legend : .ASSEMBLEE REPRESENTATIVE. PROVISOIRE. DU. PAYS. DE. VAUD. - 24. JANV. 1798.
Reverse description : Femme assise, drapée à l’antique, tenant une branche de laurier. Vigne et montagne à l’arrière plan. Signé : G.ES HANTZ SC / R. LUGEON / INV..
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA - CANTON OF VAUD
Located in French-speaking Switzerland, the canton of Vaud, whose capital is Lausanne, occupies most of western Switzerland. Its borders extend from the shores of Lake Geneva to those of Lake Neuchâtel and Lake Morat. Originally part of the lands of Savoy, the canton was under the domination of Bern after their conquest in 1536. It obtained its independence on January 24, 1798 thanks to Napoleon and joined the Swiss Confederation on April 14, 1803..
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