Live auction - fme_671448 - SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA Médaille uniface, Général Guillaume Henri Dufour

SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA Médaille uniface, Général Guillaume Henri Dufour XF

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Estimate :	180 €
Price :	90 €
Maximum bid :	145 €
End of the sale :	13 May 2025 19:00:23
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Médaille uniface, Général Guillaume Henri Dufour

Date: n.d.

Metal : alloy

Diameter : 99 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 200,32 g.

Edge : lisse

Coments on the condition:

Patine hétérogène. La médaille présente un aspect poreux et quelques concrétions dans les champs

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient d’une vente Chaponnière & firmenich, lot 770, 2020

Obverse

Obverse legend : LE GENERAL DUFOUR COMMAND.T EN CHEF L’ARMEE FÉDÉRALE.

Obverse description : Buste décoré de la Légion d’honneur de profil à gauche.

Reverse

Reverse legend : INCUS.

Commentary

Fonte non signée mais probablement réalisée par Louis Nicolas Veillard (1788-1864).
Guillaume Henri Dufour (1787-1875) est un général, ingénieur, cartographe et homme politique suisse. Il fut Capitaine du génie dans la Grande Armée et Général en chef de l’armée confédérale et de l'armée suisse.
Unsigned font, but probably made by Louis Nicolas Veillard (1788-1864). Guillaume Henri Dufour (1787-1875) was a Swiss general, engineer, cartographer and politician. He was Captain of the Engineers in the Grande Armée and General-in-Chief of the Confederal Army and the Swiss Army