Switzerland, Commemorative Medal Zwingli Reformation Bicentennial 1719

Zwingli/Reformation Bicentennial 1719

Obv. MAGISTER HULDRICUS ZVINGLI around bust of Ulrich Zwingli left in clerical peaked cap & gown, designer’s initials HIG (Hans Jacob Gessner) below left shoulder, 48 & 1531 in exergue (Zwingli’s age at the year of his death);

Rev. a 9-line Latin inscription which translates as ‘After Two Centuries Preserving the Pure Light of the Gospels, on the Ist of January 1719 Zurich Offered Public Prayers of Gratitude to Christ;’ 

The medal commemorates the 200^th anniversary of Zwingli’s teaching in Zurich as one of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation;

Diameter 36mm, 21.92g, .939 silver (tested & verified

Good edge & surfaces,

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