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Electronic Auction 425  25 Jul 2018
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Lot 742

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 130 USD
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SWITZERLAND, République et Canton de Neuchâtel. Neuchâtel. Silvered Cast Tin Medalk (73mm, 83.90 g, 12h). On the Reciprocal Oaths under the Protection of Prussia. By Jean-Jacques Perret-Gentil . Dated 1786. EN TOUTE SÉCURITÉ À L'OMBRE DE SES AILES, crowned Prussian eagle, holding scepter and orb, above open book set on tablet inscribed TOUS DÉVOUÉS au SOUVERAIN comme à LA PATRIE; banners of Boudri, Valangin, Neuchâtel, and Landern behind / SERMENTS RECIPROQUES, ceremony of the reciprocal oats around open book with the nine articles, wreath, sword, and additional documents, all set on plinth; above, hand emerging from clouds, holding scepter and pointing to articles; radiant all-seeing eye above clouds; NOVEMBRE/1786 in two lines in exergue. See http://www.imagesdupatrimoine.ch/notice/article/une-medaille-celebre-les-serments-reciproques-entre-le-prince-et-ses-sujets.html (for a full discussion of the medal and its context). Good VF, some deposits and edge roughness.

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