British and World Coins. Tokens and Historical Medals

600th Anniversary of the Alliance Perpétuelle des Confédérés, 1891, a bronze medal by A. Dubois, naked winged female holding olive branch and torch over a lake, reverse legend and arms encircled by wreath, 68mm (BDM I, 632). About extremely fine (£30-40)

Switzerland was founded in 1291, when the three cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden declared their independence of the Hapsburg Empire and formed a confederation