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.
Obverse lettering
NOS BRAS & NOS COEURS A L`HELVETIE
DURUSSEL
1876
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
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.
