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fme_769487 - SWITZERLAND - HELVETIC REPUBLIC Médaille de récompense

SWITZERLAND - HELVETIC REPUBLIC Médaille de récompense XF
200.00 €(Approx. 214.00$ | 172.00£)
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Type : Médaille de récompense
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 43 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 29,67 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille anciennement nettoyée, présentant plusieurs coups et rayures, notamment dans les champs

Obverse


Obverse legend : PIETAS AD - OMNIA UTILIS..
Obverse description : Figure féminine drapée à l’antique, tenant une corne d’abondance et tendant la main vers le ciel, une couronne de fleurs au dessus. Deux puttis à gauche.

Reverse


Reverse legend : SPES PATRIAE - PRAEM. SCHOL. GENEV..
Reverse description : Légende circulaire autour d’une couronne de chêne et laurier.

Historical background


SWITZERLAND - HELVETIC REPUBLIC

(1798-1803)

From 1790, the events in Paris had repercussions in Switzerland. In January 1798, the Directory intervened in Switzerland to control the Alpine passes and sent General Ménard to occupy Lausanne, Fribourg, Solothurn and Bern, then Eastern Switzerland, Geneva and Valais. These last conquests devote the collapse of the Confederation of the XIII cantons. A Helvetic Republic is then created on the French model, but under the control of the French armies which are quickly hated. Faced with the failure of this Republic, in 1803, by the Act of Mediation, Bonaparte authorized Switzerland to once again become a Confederation numbering 19 cantons this time..

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