Three men with left hands joined and right arms raised
Obverse lettering
WIR WOLLEN SEIN EIN EINIG VOLK VON
BRÜDERN, IN KENNER NORH UNS TRENNEN UND GEFAHR
LAUER (Translation: We want to be one people of brothers, Never to part in danger or distress.)
Obverse script
Reverse description
Tree with arms of 22 cantons at ends of branches, 3 original cantons in roots and national arms in wreath at the centre.
Reverse lettering
ZUR ERINNERUNG DES ERSTEN BUNDES
AN DIE DE VI. SÄKULARFEIER EIDGENOSSEN
I. AUGUST 1981
Reverse script
Engraver
Ludwig Christian Lauer, Nuremberg, Germany (1729-1924)