1909 Medal - FETE FEDERALE de GYMNASTIQUE - Detector Find

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  1. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

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    I mentioned this find in another thread concerning my Metal Detecting finds and I told the members that I will post soon. Here it is.. It's a 1909 LAUSANNE on the Obverse and FETE FEDERALE de GYMNASTIQUE on the Reverse. Originally I thought it was actual Olympic Silver Medal because of the silver color, but from what I have seen on some websites that sell this Medal it's more like a Bronze Medallion celebrating this 1909 event that looks to have been held in Switzerland. As you can see it was holed on the bottom. I also found a poster (on the Web) celebrating this event and (Web also) an original picture of the medal found. Enjoy! :D
    1909OBVfind.jpg 1909REVfind.jpg lausanne-fete-federale-de-gymnastique-juillet-1909.jpg 1909Medal.JPG
     
    Last edited: May 3, 2015
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  3. chrisild

    chrisild Coin Collector

    Congrats, cool find! :)

    Christian
     
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  4. Dave M

    Dave M Francophiliac

    That poster is pretty nice!
     
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  5. rooman9

    rooman9 Lovin Shiny Things

    Awesome! Great medal! Especially from a park.
     
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  6. Jason Hoffpauir

    Jason Hoffpauir Avid Coin Collector

    Nice find!!!
     
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  7. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Cool find! Worthy of a thread resurrection nearly three years after the fact.
     
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  8. DEA

    DEA Well-Known Member

    Hah! I'm going to resurrect this thread another two years later! I googled the words on this medal I have and got directed here. I don't know where I got it but I've had it for decades. Although not clearly seen, at 12 o'clock is a . . . ahhh . . . loop? To put a chain through and hand around one's neck. Yeah, a loop. Right?

    lausanne_0001.jpg
     
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  9. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Cool medal. Even the dug one, despite its issues. That one has a story to tell.
     
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