E-auction 707-778181 - SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA - CANTON OF GRISONS F. BESSON - Capitaine des Gardes Suisses 1665
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Type : F. BESSON - Capitaine des Gardes Suisses
Date: 1665
Metal : silver plated copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,44 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Usure régulière et faiblesses de frappe. Coups et rayures
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : F. BESSON. ESCR. ANT. CAPNE. ENGNE. DOYEN. D. ORS. D. R. EN.
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de F. Besson : d'argent à la bande d'azur chargée d'une fleur de lys d'or, et accostée de deux lions de gueules.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LA. C.GNIE D. CENT. G.DES O.ES D. C.S D. S. M.E VETERAN 1665. AUTOUR DE L’ENSEIGNE : EA. EST - FIDVCIA - GENTIS ; À L’EXERGUE : TELLE EST LA FIDELI - TE DE LA NATION. SIGNÉ : DV. FOVR..
Reverse description : Étendard des Suisses.
Commentary
Voir Fontenay page 70 et suivantes.
See Fontenay page 70 and following
See Fontenay page 70 and following
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA - CANTON OF GRISONS
The canton of Graubünden is the largest of the Swiss cantons. For two centuries, Switzerland exported mercenaries, considered the best soldiers in Europe. France made use of it and doubled this commercial agreement with a political agreement intended to prevent the Swiss from providing contingents to enemies of France The Helvetic Republic imposed by the French ended in 1803. Bonaparte, by the Act of mediation gave the Swiss cantons a new constitution which provided for military aid of 16,000 men in exchange for the creation of a federative republic where each canton had its government, almost universal suffrage was established, the army and the coin were common.
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