E-auction 601-570848 - fme_944516 - VARIOUS CHARACTERS Médaille, Oliver Winchester
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Estimate : | 20 € |
Price : | 5 € |
Maximum bid : | 5 € |
End of the sale : | 21 October 2024 21:08:00 |
bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Oliver Winchester
Date: n.d.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 48 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 56,32 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène, usure des reliefs, taches noires et vertes d’oxydation dans les creux, quelques rayures, légers coups sur la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : 1810 - WINCHESTER - 1880.
Obverse description : Buste de face coiffé d’un chapeau.
Reverse
Reverse legend : OLIVER. P. WINCHESTER - GAZETTE DES ARMES // INDUSTRIEL DE PREMIER / PLAN IL FUT PROMOTEUR DE LA / CELEBRE CARABINE A REPETITION.
Reverse description : Inscription circulaire et en trois lignes.
Commentary
Oliver Winchester (1810-1880) est un homme politique, un homme d'affaires et un ingénieur américain, inventeur, à la tête de la Winchester Repeating Arms Company, de fusils qui portent son nom (le plus connu est le Winchester modèle 1873, ou Gun that won the West)..