More cool unknown finds from Switzerland !!!

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Hello again all,

My brother had some more gifts for me from Switzerland. I think he said one was some type of currency and one was commemorative. Again we are unsure as to what they really are. They are both huge and one seems to be bronze and the other I have no idea maybe silver... They are very beautiful and very large and heavy.. He said the larger more silver one was costly, more so than the watch posted a few days ago. These are something he purchased and not dug up my brother thinks the large one dated 1896 is from 1896 but I don't think so... if anyone has any information on these please post what you know.

Enjoy the photos, of these amazing works of art.

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

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[Eu_citzen]

In regards to the second one here's a similar one:
http://bern-1914.org/genf_1896/en30_medaille.html

Maybe it can get you in teh right track?? I'm still looking up the other one.

 

[seger98]

Is that second one silver?

 

[Eu_citzen]

I found the exact one for the second, same site:
http://bern-1914.org/genf_1896/en31_medaille.html

EDIT:
Can't find the first one but on the front there is H. Dubois I'd guess Henri Dubois is a reference to look for.

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Thanks guys,

I need more information... So the 2nd is a Silver meatal but for what and when? No one has an Idea yet about the 1st ?

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[Eu_citzen]

Yes the second is a silver medal, I'm still looking more into the history of it which seems rather hard to find.
No idea on the first.

Here's a qoute:

"Post Tenebras Lux" is Latin for "after darkness, light." It was the motto of the protestants during the Reformation.

From: http://bern-1914.org/genf_1896/en30_medaille.html
It's same medal only different metal.

More I can't tell ya either.

 

[Argentium]

Hey Mud, Thats some of the nicest medallic artwork I've seen anywhere , and with a brother

like yours , WHO NEEDS FRIENDS ? I think I'd better send him my mailing address before he

runs out of that stuff ! Great score ! Argentium.

 

[burglarifyoulike]

that sure is a work of art! very intricate and beautiful!

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

More.... I need more !! What is the 1st one, according to the Site the 2nd is a museum piece.... Is this thing worth a bunch of money??

Please keep me posted....

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice finds from Switzerland

 

[AU24K]

as to the first one maybe this is it....Friday 21, 1860:
In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Baliqiao.
Scott

 

[Harry_Morant]

as to the first one maybe this is it....Friday 21, 1860:
In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Baliqiao.
Scott

Probably not since its marked 1910 unless they defeated them by cooking the stuff the ladies picked from the garden.

I would say that it it from the 1910 Exhibition of the Parc du Cinquantenaire which is in Brussels - this goes with the clogs the women are wearing on the medallion:

"Most buildings of the horse-shoe shaped complex which dominate the part, were commissioned by King Leopold II and built for the 1880 National Exhibition commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Belgian independence. The centrepiece triumphal arch was erected in 1905. The structures were built in iron, glass and stone, symbolising the economic and industrial performance of Belgium. The surrounding 30 hectare park esplanade was full of picturesque gardens, ponds and waterfalls."......At the exhibition of 1910, a section of military history was presented to the public and met with great success."

 

[AU24K]

It is "cinquantenaire" which means 50th anniversary. 1910-50 years=1860.
Scott

 

[Harry_Morant]

It is "cinquantenaire" which means 50th anniversary. 1910-50 years=1860.
Scott

I do see how you came up with 1860 but the design on the obverse of the medallion doesn't lend itself to be representative of a military victory. The building, gardens and park were built for the 1880 Exhibition to commemorate 50 years of Belgian Independence and were named Parc du Cinquantenair (Jubilee Park) in 1880. They was a number of exhibitions held there including one in 1910. I believe it to be a souvenir of the 1910 Exhibition