DescriptionSwitzerland 600th Anniversary Celebration Medal 1891 in France by Dubois, obverse.jpg
English: Switzerland 600th Anniversary Celebration Medal 1891 in France by Dubois
Medallion d. = 68 mm.
Since 1889, the Federal Charter of 1291 among the 3 rural communes of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden has been considered the founding document of the Old Swiss Confederacy.
Nude Helvetia, the female national personification of Switzerland, flying r. over landscape / 6 lines above 3 shields at r. of Swiss shield: "VIME. CENTENAIRE DE LA PREMIERE ALLIANCE PERPETUELLE DES CONFEDERES 1291 - 1891 COLONIE SUISSE EN FRANCE". Forrer I, p. 632
Medallist:
A.D., Alphée Dubois, 1831 Paris - 1905 Clamart (Seine)
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Switzerland 600th Anniversary Celebration Medal 1891 in France