Jean Frédéric Ostervald

Features

Location	Switzerland › Switzerland (1848-date)
Type	Commemorative medals › Personality medals
Composition	Bronze
Weight	78 g
Diameter	50 mm
Thickness	10 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 340251

Obverse

Frontal portrait of Jean Frédéric Ostervald.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
JEAN FREDERIC OSTERVALD 1663-1747
PASTEUR A NEUCHATEL

F. LANDRY

Translation: Jean Frédéric Ostervald, pastor in Neuchâtel.

Engraver: Fritz Ulysse Landry

Reverse

Inscriptions in 7 lines.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LA FOI
QUI JUSTIFIE
OPÈRE
PAR LA CHARITÉ

TRADUCTION
DE LA BIBLE.
CATÉCHISME

Translation:
The faith that justifies works through charity.
Translation of the bible. Catechism.

Engraver: Fritz Ulysse Landry

Edge

Plain

Comments

Jean Frédéric Ostervald or Johann Friedrich Osterwald (1663 -1747) was a Reformed theologian, preacher, lecturer and author from Neuchâtel. His writings had a great influence, bringing spiritual renewal among Waldensian, Dutch, German, Hungarian and Scandinavian Protestants. His work has been referred to in retrospect as the "Second Reformation".

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