Valais cantonal shooting Martigny

€455,701.00
LocationSwitzerland › Switzerland (1848-date)
Year1957
TypeExhibition, fair and festival medals/Shooting medals and thalers
CompositionSilver plated bronze
Weight55.3 g
Diameter50 mm
Thickness7.8 mm
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
EdgePlain.
Period
Notice
Reference(s) Richter SS#1544a
Obverse descriptionTo the left, the Rhone, represented by a bare-chested man with a beard and flowing hair, holding a shield bearing the Valais coat of arms. To the right, the Dranse, represented by a draped woman holding a shield bearing the coat of arms of Martigny. Both holding a rifle vertically on the surface of the water.
Obverse letteringLE RHONE ET LA DRANSE UNISSENT LES TIREURS VALAISANS HUGUENIN
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionInscirption in five lines.
Reverse letteringTIR CANTONAL VALAISAN MARTIGNY 1957 HUGUENIN
Reverse scriptLatin
EngraverHuguenin, Le Locle, Switzerland (1868-2022)
Mintage1957  - -
Catalog ID4864864770
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