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SWITZERLAND. AR Medal (40mm, 25.51 g, 12h). Alliance of the Catholic Cantons with Spain. Later cast after a 1587 original. INDESOLVBILE * NODVS, crowned coat-of-arms of Spain wthin linked chain of six coats-of-arms of the Catholic cantons / ·: FEDVS ·: CHΛTOLICE ·: REGIE ·: MAE ·: CVM ·: HELVETIIS, AVTORL/POMPEIO DE/CRCE LEGATO/PH ·: S ·: RE ·: HISPA/NI ·: APVD ·: HEL/FETIOS/ SSP. Chased. VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS.
In 1586, the Catholic cantons of Switzerland, in response to the growing Protestant Reformation, joined together in an alliance known as the Goldener Bund The following year, the group, minus Solothurn, entered an alliance with Philip II of Spain.
In 1586, the Catholic cantons of Switzerland, in response to the growing Protestant Reformation, joined together in an alliance known as the Goldener Bund The following year, the group, minus Solothurn, entered an alliance with Philip II of Spain.