102766 | SWITZERLAND. Bern. Reformation silver Medal.

102766  |  SWITZERLAND. Bern. Reformation silver Medal. Issued 1828 for the 300th anniversary of the Reformation in Bern (24mm, 12h). By C. Fueter.

 

Radiant open Bible facing slightly left and reading BIBLIA SACRA in two lines // DEIN / WORT IST / DIE WAHRHEIT / IOH XVII / 17 / III REFORM FEST / IN BERN / 1828 (Your word is the Truth, —adapted from John 17:17 / 300th anniversary of the Reformation in Bern) in seven lines.

 

Whiting 643; Brozatus 1301; SM 579; GPH 528; Belli Coll. 2160; Rumpf Coll. 834; Wunderly 1336. PCGS MS-63. Handsomely toned, with a good deal of radiant brilliance throughout.

 

An event celebrated each century on the anniversaries of the Protestant Reformation, this medal commemorates the 300th anniversary of the Reformation in Bern. While the successive anniversaries of 1517 are celebrated in conjunction with Martin Luther's nailing of his Ninety-Five Theses to doors of Wittenberg Cathedral, the date of 1528 is used as the basis here, as that is when the movement brought fervor to Bern.

 

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