Luzern Shooting Festival 1889

Luzern Shooting Festival 1889 - obverseLuzern Shooting Festival 1889 - reverse

© Diego Knyte

Features

Location SwitzerlandSwitzerland (1848-date)
Type Commemorative medals › Event medal
Year 1889
Composition Silver (.900)
Weight 38 g
Diameter 45.25 mm
Thickness 4.45 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
50540
References Richter SS# 867a
Jürg Richter; 2018. Die Schützentaler und Schützenmedaillen der Schweiz (2nd edition). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.

Commemorative issue

1889 Shooting Festival

Obverse

Man with crossbow holding arrow high in right hand.

Lettering: FREIHEIT VATERLAND

Engraver: Hugues Bovy

Reverse

Shield over Swiss cross with radiating lines from center. Hat at 12 o'clock position. Wording around perimeter.

Lettering: CENTRAL - SCHWEIZERISCHES - SCHVTZENFEST IN LVZERN 1889.

Edge

Smooth

Mint

Lucerne, Switzerland

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1889 

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