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