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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3112473, member: 39&quot;]Nice medal! And veery nice for a random purchase, hehe. The side with the arms reminds of a Gothic rose window. The way the houses on the other side are arranged looks a little strange though. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The year &quot;1307&quot; below the three men refers to the Rütli Oath. Now one may say, wait, wasn&#039;t that in 1291, and isn&#039;t that what this 1891 medal commemorates? Problem is, we do not know. The 1291 Bundesbrief is one of the Swiss Federal Charters, and I suppose that is what the medal commemorates. Whether that oath was also in 1291, or in 1307, and what is truth and what is legend ... hard to tell these days.</p><p><br /></p><p>So we have that year, and the words &quot;Morgarten&quot; (location of a battle in 1315) and &quot;Sempach&quot; (battle in 1386). Both were fought against the Habsburg Empire, and won by the Swiss Confederation ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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