Lausanne Shooting Festival small module

Features

Location	Switzerland › Switzerland (1848-date)
Type	Exhibition, fair and festival medals › Shooting medals and thalers
Year	1876
Weight	11.56 g
Diameter	32 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Number	N# 422185
References	Richter SS# 1569 Jürg Richter; 2018. Die Schützentaler und Schützenmedaillen der Schweiz = Swiss shooting thalers and shooting medals (2^nd Edition). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany. , Martin MTS# 927 Jean Louis Martin; 1972. Les médailles de tir suisses / Die Schützenmedaillen der Schweiz / Le medaglie di tiro della Svizzera / Swiss shooting medals: 1612-1939. Galerie des Monnaies, Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Commemorative issue

Lausanne Shooting Festival.

Obverse

Helevtia, the allegorical Swiss female figure, seated, holding a sword in her right hand and leaning with her left arm on a shield bearing the Swiss coat of arms. Young rifleman stretching his right arm towards the sky and holding a rifle in his left hand. In the background, Lausanne cathedral, lake and mountains.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NOS BRAS & NOS COEURS A L'HELVETIE
DURUSSEL
1876

Engraver: Edouard Durussel

Reverse

Coat of arms of the canton of Vaud in the centre. Laurel branch to the left and oak branch to the right. Behind, two crossed rifles. Above, radiating Swiss cross. Around it, the coats of arms of the 22 cantons.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TIR FÉDÉRAL
LAUSANNE
LIBERTE ET PATRIE

Engraver: Edouard Durussel

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1876

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