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Electronic Auction 525  19-20 Oct 2022
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Lot 1701

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SWITZERLAND, Swiss Confederation. 1848-present. Cast Silver Plated Æ Medal (62mm, 101.40 g, 12h). Exposition nationale suisse at Geneva. By Hugues Bovy and Georges Hantz. Dated 1896. GENÈVE/1896 to left; EXPOSITION/NATIONALE/SUISSE and Hugues Bovy sc to right, Female enthroned facing, holding laurel branch and plucking additional branch from tree behind; throne set in wall: decorated on left with arms of Geneva; to right with arms of Swiss Confederation; framed plinth below inscibed POST · TENEBRAS ·/(flower)LUX · (flower) ; A. Meyer inv. finx. on frame / Ornate tabula inscribed CAPITAL/DE/GARANTIE in three lines set on ornate wall; view of exposition park above; below, laurel branches and flowers; G. CHIATTONE INV. to left, GEORGES HANTZ GRAV. See Auctiones eAuction 25, lot 191 (for another example). Toned, edge marks. EF.
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