Swiss shooting medal, issued on the occasion of the shooting festival in Geneva in 1887.
Medal by Frank Edouard Lossier and Hugues Bovi, signed on the obverse, in original box.
Partially cleaned but with good eye appeal.
Obverse: a warrior in Renaissance plate armour and helmet, holding a firearm, leaning on a shield with the coat of arms of Geneva, on the sides at the bottom the signatures E.LOSSIER INV., H. BOVY F.
TOUT POUR LA PATRIE, 1519 • 1526 1584 • 1814
Reverse: under the IHS the coat of arms of the city of Geneva, at the bottom the signatures LOSSIER INV. and RICHARD.F.
UN POUR TOUS TOUS POUR UN TIR FEDERAL A GENEVE 1887
Silver, diameter 45 mm, weight 38.51 g
