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Collector's Choice November 2022 Auction  14-17 Nov 2022
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Lot 75730

Starting price: 36 USD
Price realized: 100 USD
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SWITZERLAND. Geneva Shooting Festival Bronze Medal, 1887. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, Unc Details.
R-628D. By H. Bovy, C. Richard & E. Lossier. Diameter: 45mm. Obverse: Soldier advancing left, holding rifle; shield, wheel, cannon, cannon balls, and cityscape in background; Reverse: Swiss shield over coat-of-arms of Geneva. Orange-brown surfaces, with some scattered cleaning marks across the higher points.

The shooting festivals, in this sense, at the federal level, are considered one of the most important events in Swiss life, having played a historic role in the establishment of the Swiss state and serving as a vital connection to the nation's past. The first federal shooting festival was held in Aarau in 1824, and were then held every few years, with numerous cities rotating as host. Since 1985, these festivals have been held at a fixed point every five years, the next having been slated for 2020 in Luzern, though that event was postponed until 2021 on account of the worldwide pandemic.

Estimate: $60 - $100

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