Medal 'Bundestaler' - Swiss Confederation 1/2 thaler
Medal 'Bundestaler' - Swiss Confederation 1/2 thaler
€1.00
Location
Switzerland ›
Switzerland
(1848-date)
Year
Type
Commemorative medal
Composition
Silver
Weight
13.97 g
Diameter
42 mm
Thickness
Shape
Round
Technique
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
William Tell from Uri, Werner Stauffacher from Schwyz, and Arnold of Melchtal from Unterwalden taking the Rütli Oath.
Obverse lettering
+ WILHELM · TELL · VON · VRE ·
STOVFFACHER · VON · SCHWYTZ · ERNI · VON · VNDERWALDEN
+ ANFANG · DESS PVNTZ · IM · IAR · CHRISTI + 1296 +
T (Translation: William Tell from Uri, Stouffacher from Schwytz, Erni from Unterwalden. Beginning of the confederation, in the year of the God 1296.)
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
13 coats of arms on square shield in an outer circle, clockwise: Zürich, Bern, Uri, Unterwalden, Glarus, Fribourg, Appenzell, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, Basel, Zug, Schwyz, and Lucerne. Seven coats of arms on square shields in an inner circle. Clockwise: Imperial Abbey of Saint Gall, Imperial City of St. Gallen, the Republic of the Seven Tithings, the Imperial City of Mulhouse, Biel, the Imperial City of Rottweil, and the Three Leagues. Swiss cross in the centre.
