COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Switzerland, John Calvin (1509-1564), 300th Anniversary of the Reformation in Geneva, Massive Copper Medal, 1835, by Antoine Bovy (1795-1877), prominent bust to left, wearing cap and fur-collared gown, JOHANNES CALVINUS NATUS NOVIODUNI 1509 MOR TUUS GENEVÆ 1564, rev Gothic pulpit, legend in three panels, IL TEINT FERME | COME S'IL EVST VEV CELVY | QVI EST INVISIBLE, legend around, CORPORE-FRACTUS : ANIMO-POTENS : FIDE-VICTORE | ECCLESIÃ-REFORMATOR-GENEVà | PASTOR-ET-TUTAMEN, 108mm (Whiting 682; Stucker 791). Slight bruising to edge, otherwise about extremely fine and very rare.
This medal has been described as the "king" of all Calvin commemorative medals.
Estimate: £150-200