Guillaume Farel Neuchâtel; silver
Features
| Location |
Switzerland ›
Switzerland (1848-date)
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Year | 1830 |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 32.92 g |
| Diameter | 40.6 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Number | N# 319310 |
| References | SMP# 1495 Ueli Friedländer; 1989. Schweizer Medaillen: aus altem Privatbesitz = Swiss Medals. Bank Leu, Zürich, Switzerland. Jean Louis Martin; 1979. Médailles suisses / Volume 1 = Medaillen der Schweiz = Medaglie svizzere. Self-published, Lausanne, Switzerland. Catherine Elias Bullowa; 1983. Martin Luther und die Reformation auf Münzen und Medaillen: Collection Prof. Robert B. Whiting = Coins and medals of Martin Luther and the Reformation. Spink & Son, Zürich, Switzerland. |
Commemorative issue
3rd jubilee of the Reformation in Neuchâtel.
Obverse
Bust of Guillaume Farel wearing hat, facing left.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
GUILLAUME FAREL
RÉFORMATION
A.J.J. LANDRY. F.
Translation: Guillaume Farel, Reformation.
Engraver: Ami Jean Jacques Landry
Reverse
Bible verse John 17:17 in eight lines.
Lettering:
SANCTIFIE-LES
PAR TA VÉRITÉ;
TA PAROLE
EST LA VÉRITÉ
ST= JEAN. XVII.17.
3EME JUBILÉ DE LA RÉFORMATION
À NEUCHATEL.
1830
Translation:
Sanctify them,
By your truth;
Your word
Is the truth.
Saint-John 17:17
Engraver: Ami Jean Jacques Landry
Edge
Plain
Comments
Guillaume Farel (1489-1565) or William Farel, was a French evangelist, Protestant reformer and one of the founders of the Calvinist Church in the Principality of Neuchâtel, in the Republic of Geneva, and in Switzerland in the Canton of Bern and the Canton of Vaud (then occupied by Bern).
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