Live auction - fme_637903 - SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA Médaille d’honneur, Société suisse des carabiniers
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 1 010 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 300 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 March 2021 19:34:21 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Médaille d’honneur, Société suisse des carabiniers
Date: 1929
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 935 ‰
Diameter : 66,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 156,6 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène avec des taches noires et quelques traces d’usure sur les hauts reliefs
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de face, la tête légèrement tourné à droite. Signé : RK.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOCIETE SUISSE DES CARABINIERS / MEDAILLE - D’HONNEUR // BRAISSANT WILLIAM / 1929.
Reverse description : Légende semi-circulaire, la croix suisse au dessous. Cartouche timbré d’une légende en deux lignes sur des branchages de chêne et fleurs. Montagnes à l’arrière plan. Signé : H. KISSLING INV. et HUGUENIN et GEORGES HANTZ GRAVEUR et poinçons ours + 0.935.
Commentary
Cet exemplaire, décerné à William Braissant en 1929, est conservé dans sa boîte d’origine marron timbré de la légende suivante en lettres dorées : SOCIÉTÉ SUISSE DES CARABINIERS, de la Société HUGUENIN FRERES & C.o, médailleurs à Le Locle en Suisse.
This example, awarded to William Braissant in 1929, is preserved in its original brown box stamped with the following legend in gold letters: SOCIÉTÉ SUISSE DES CARABINIERS, of the HUGUENIN FRERES & Co. company, medalists in Le Locle, Switzerland
This example, awarded to William Braissant in 1929, is preserved in its original brown box stamped with the following legend in gold letters: SOCIÉTÉ SUISSE DES CARABINIERS, of the HUGUENIN FRERES & Co. company, medalists in Le Locle, Switzerland
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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