Live auction - fme_1011421 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Médaille, 4e tir cantonal, Société cantonale des carabiniers genevois
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, 4e tir cantonal, Société cantonale des carabiniers genevois
Date: 1882
Mint name / Town : Suisse, Genève
Quantity minted : 600
Metal : silver
Diameter : 42,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver RICHARD Charles Jean
Weight : 31,62 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Belle patine grise, légèrement irisée au revers. Quelques coups sur la tranche
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Allégorie féminine drapée à l’antique, ailée et coiffée d’un bonnet, tenant une branche de laurier d’une main et une coupe de l’autre. Un jeune garçon tenant un fusil sur son épaule et une palme de l’autre main. Divers objets à gauche (charrue, roue, amphore, corne d’abondance) et monuments à gauche. Signé : C. RICHARD F. et D’APRES LEYSALLE.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOCIETE CANTONALE DES CARABINIERS GENEVOIS - *4.ME TIR CANTONAL 1882* // POST TENEBRAS LUX.
Reverse description : Blason de la ville posé sur un cuir posé sur des drapeaux et fusils en sautoir, branche de laurier et chêne autour. Signé : C.R..
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA
Gegenna became Geneva on December 4, 1535. On November 24, 1535, the Council of Two Hundred decided to have coins minted in the name of the Republic of Geneva; the first sols de billon were minted in 1536. The Republic of Geneva was proclaimed on May 21, 1536 and the reformed religion became the state religion. Education becomes compulsory and free.
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