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Hello, I have been collecting schützenfest medals for 25 years and love the hobby. I also collect schützenfest cups and other memorabilia. I was wondering if there are any other members here who are fellow collectors of Swiss shooting medals or who may have interest? I'd love to hear from you and hopefully make this thread an interesting discussion involving many members.  Edited by schutzenfester
02/09/2008 2:45 pm
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1887 Federal Schützenfest in Geneve Mintage: 39,030 (high mintage for Swiss shooting medals, making this medal relatively common) Metal: Silver (there was also 12 example in Gold, and 4,354 examples struck in Bronze) Size: 45mm (the most common size for schützenfest medals although many different sizes are struck for various medals) Engraver: H. Bovy, C. Richard, E. Lossier of Genve   Edited by schutzenfester
02/09/2008 2:16 pm
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That's quite an attractive medal, and I'm very impressed with the engraving work!
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The artistic qualities of schützenfest medals are fantastic. The engraving and relief on most medals are far superior to most coins and is one of the reasons I collect them.
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Here is another medal: Cantonal shoot in Binningen, Basel 1893 Mintage: 705 examples Metal: Silver Size: 45mm Engraver: Franz Homberg, Bern / Karl Jauslin, Muttenz   |
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That is a beautiful medal. Could you possibly show a couple more?
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I sure can...I would like to have people gain interest in this wonderful numismatic specific hobby. If anyone has any questions please do not hesitate to ask. I will answer if I can give a qualified one.
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This is a medal from Frauenfeld, Canton Thurgau, 1890. It is from the Federal shoot held there. Mintage: unique Metal: gold Engraver: Stefano Johnson, Milano  Edited by schutzenfester
02/09/2008 5:25 pm
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The Binningen medal has great relief of an interesting scene--the soldier has taken two crossbow bolts and appears to be on his "last stand", armed with only a rock. There must be a story behind that one.
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Shoot: Cantonal Schützenfest Location: Thun, Bern Year: 1894 Mintage: 1,452 Metal: Silver Size: 45mm Engraver: Franz Homberg, Bern   |
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I agree with you Kurt looks like a fight to the death. Awesome medal that one.
Hey Schutz are these medals still being made today?
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The Binningen medal has great relief of an interesting scene--the soldier has taken two crossbow bolts and appears to be on his "last stand", armed with only a rock. There must be a story behind that one.
Refers to the battle near St. Jakob an der Birs, in 1444. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle..._an_der_Birs After the battle, one of the Armagnac soldiers, some cavalry captain, saw the dead and dying and their blood and said "Heute baden wir in Rosen" ("Today we bathe in roses"). And a heavily wounded soldier from Uri replied "Da, friss eine der Rosen" ("There, eat one of the roses") and killed him by throwing that stone or rock at him. Partly history, partly saga - more in German is here http://www.sagen.at/texte/sagen/sch...ob_birs.htmlThe same scene can be found on a 1944 Swiss 5 Fr coin: http://shop.muenzenborchert.ch/popu...=481&imgID=0Christian |
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Southern Yankee -
To answer your question;
Yes, shooting medals are struck today for schutzenfests but they do not have the detail of engraving as they once did , as you see here in a few pictures.
Don't get me wrong, I have seen some nice modern medals but my main collecting focus is pre-1935.
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02/10/2008 08:36 am
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Here's another nice medal, it is somewhat common as all the previous silver medals have been and likewise it is 45mm in size. From the 1895 Federal Shoot in Canton Zurich, Winterthur Metal: Silver Size: 45mm Mintage: 5,060 examples -There were 44 examples in Gold, 3,710 examples in Bronze and even a rare Gold plated Bronze version. Engraver: Georges Hantz, Genf / H. Wildermuth, Winterthur   |
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Another for viewing: From the 1897 Cantonal Shoot in Olten, Canton Solothurn Metal: Bronze Mintage: unknown (common) Size: 45mm Engraver: Huguenin, Le Locle   |
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schutzenfester - Great medals! What reference books do you use to research these?
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