17th Century Bear

I have seen bears on alot of German States coins. Hope that helps

And here's your bear, though with a counterstamp, from an 1872 copy of Beschreibung der bekanntesten Kupfermünzen. Under the section, "Bern."
Description: 33094. 'Av. Der nach links schreitende Bär, darunter 1617 Rev. Ein Hackmesser und Bibel kreuzweise über einandergelegt. Gr. 10. Silber und Kupfer. Tafel 72.

The crossed tools on the reverse suggest a token of a trade guild. The blade is a Zimmermannsazt, or carpenters' axe, which features in the heraldry of Swiss carpenters' guilds. It's crossed with a t-square, either as another tool of the carpenter, or perhaps to indicate a merger with another guild, of cabinet-makers, or perhaps even masons. One of the dozen major trade guilds in Bern is the Gesellschaft zu Zimmerleuten, and their current incarnation, dating from 1688, is a confraternity of carpenters, wheelwrights, coopers, woodworkers, and roofers, which is reflected in the quartering of their current arms. This is the statue of the Zimmermann gracing the guild house in Bern, with Zimmermannsaxt in one hand, and trisquare in the other:


This is likely a token from an earlier incarnation of this guild. Contact them; they're still an active institution, and would probably be happy to help you:
http://www.zimmerleuten-bern.ch/Uns...ft/Aufgaben/