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Swiss National Exhibition - Usine genevoise de dégrossissage d`or Geneva; bronze
| Location | Switzerland ›
Switzerland
(1848-date) |
| Year | 1896 |
| Type | Commemorative medals/Exhibition, fair and festival
medals |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 12 g |
| Diameter | 30.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.94 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Edge | Plain. |
| Period | |
| Notice | Jules Georges Hantz |
| Reference(s) | RSN6#160 |
| Obverse description | Head in profile to the left of a woman personifying Switzerland, wearing rhododendron branches tied by a ribbon. |
| Obverse lettering | EXPOSITION NATIONALE SUISSE GENÈVE
1896
HELVETIA
GOERGES HANTZ |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Reverse description | Coat of arms of Geneva in a cartouche, surrounded by two branches of laurel. Legend around, initials of the artist under the cartouche to the right. |
| Reverse lettering | USINE GENEVOISE DE DEGROSSISSAGE D`OR
IHS
GH
(Translation: Geneva gold refining plant.) |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Engraver | Usine genevoise de dégrossissage d`or, Geneva, Switzerland (1870-1970) |
| Mintage | 1896 - -
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| Catalog ID | 1220877930 |
| Comments | |
