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SCHWEIZ Schützentaler, Schützenmedaillen & Schützenvaria

Lot 2102

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Starting price 5,000 CHF
Result 5,500 CHF

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Description

Document 175(3?), 1814 and 1828. Documentation of the marksman family Violier from Geneva. Contained are:
1) Target with shot hole, colored, from 175(3?) VIVE LA NAVIGATION. On the revers a handwritten note dated 24.8.1760.
) Target (cible tournante/turning target) with shot hole from the Confederation Shooting Festival in 1828. To this a handwritten note with the explanation of how the shooting took place.
3) Membership acceptance document for Violier by the Société de la Navigation de Genève of 2.5.1814.
4) Medal with pin on ribbon with inscription Société des Amis de l'instruction.
5) Medal with pin on ribbon of the Société de la Navigation. Unique document of historical interest. Used.

Details

The target VIVE LA NAVIGATION 175(3) is reproduced in the book � la Rencontre de la Suisse 2 (Histoire et Institutions), page 143, Lausanne 1975.