Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2018 NYINC Auction 15-16 Jan 2018
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SWITZERLAND. Basel. Silver Shooting Festival Medal, 1906. NGC MEDAL MS-63.
41 mm. R-131b. By Hans Frei. Soldier in medieval armor standing in town square, with crossbow over shoulder. In exergue; "KANTONAL - SCHÜTZENFEST / BEIDER BASEL / - 1906 - /."; Reverse: Wounded Swiss soldier preparing to throw a rock at French Armagnac Knight Burkhard VII Münch, who was in charge of an advancing force charged with killing the hundreds of injured Swiss fighters. A lucky throw by the wounded soldier caught the advancing Knight through his open visor and killed him - this becoming a symbolic act of defiance to the hopelessly outnumbered Swiss. Matte pearl grey finish, darkening around the major design elements. NGC MEDAL MS-63.
Estimate: $400.00- $600.00
41 mm. R-131b. By Hans Frei. Soldier in medieval armor standing in town square, with crossbow over shoulder. In exergue; "KANTONAL - SCHÜTZENFEST / BEIDER BASEL / - 1906 - /."; Reverse: Wounded Swiss soldier preparing to throw a rock at French Armagnac Knight Burkhard VII Münch, who was in charge of an advancing force charged with killing the hundreds of injured Swiss fighters. A lucky throw by the wounded soldier caught the advancing Knight through his open visor and killed him - this becoming a symbolic act of defiance to the hopelessly outnumbered Swiss. Matte pearl grey finish, darkening around the major design elements. NGC MEDAL MS-63.
Estimate: $400.00- $600.00