Owner Comments:
Medal, 1825, AR, SWITZERLAND SILVER BERN GYMNASIUM SCHOOL AWARD, 40mm, 29.8g., NGC MS64PL, Cert# 3479012-013. Switzerland, Bern, 'Gymnasium Bernense' School Award Medal in Silver, no date (late 18th Century to as late as 1825), arms of Bern, rev. allegorical figure reaching toward palm-tree, legend around, Turgent In Palmite Gemme, and Gymnasium Bernense at bottom under allegorical scene; Rv. Rampant Bear in Bern Shield, Crown above, Laureate below, legend at sides, Respublica left, Bernensis, right. Attractive and Rare. Ex Heritage, 1/20/2014, Lot 29786; earlier Ex Christies Sale 7704, 14 June, 1993, NY, Lot 171.