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A Small Collection of Swiss Shooting Thalers and Medals, the Property of a Collector

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№ 1798

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14 December 2017

Hammer Price:
£100

AARGAU, Aargauisches Kantonalschützenfest, Muri, 1888, a white metal medal, unsigned, 33mm (Richter 6a; Martin 6); GENEVA, Tir de l’Exposition Nationale, 1896, a bronze medal by H. Bovy after P. Beauverd, 45mm (Richter 691c; Martin 382); GLARUS, Eidgenössisches Schützenfest, 1892, a bronze medal by H. Huguenin, 45mm (Richter 808c; Martin 432); SOLOTHURN, Kantonalschützenfest, 1890, a bronze medal by H. Bovy after W. Vigier, 45mm (Richter 1121c; Martin 645); ZURICH, Eidgenössisches Schützenfest, Winterthur, 1895, a bronze medal by G. Hantz and H. Wildermuth, 45mm (Richter 1756d; Martin 1046); together with a modern reproduction of the medal for the Kantonalschützenfest at Einsiedeln, Schwyz, in 1889 (cf. Richter 1076; cf. Martin 622) [6]. Good very fine and better, but fourth with reverse edge knock at 10 o’clock; first with loop for suspension £80-100