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PHG SWISS SHOOTING MEDALS SELECTIONSStack's Bowers Senior Numismatist and Cataloger Jeremy Bostwick published an article on Swiss Shooting Medals, featuring the PHG Collection offered in the firm's upcoming May Collectors Choice Online Auction. Here's the article and some lot images that caught my eye. -Editor 
Lot 73534 
Lot 73504 Among the countless highlights in our upcoming May Collectors Choice Online (CCO) auction, a four-day event running from May 16th -19th , we are happy to present a rather extensive collection of artistic award medals from the PHG Collection, the vast majority of which emanate from the increasingly popular series of Swiss shooting medals. While these beautiful and highly alluring miniature works of art offer numerous collecting opportunities, some of the particular standouts include more traditional designs, like lots 73534—issued for the Federal shooting festival held in Geneva in 1887—and 73504—awarded at the Western Switzerland shooting festival held in Biel in 1893. 
Lot 73531 
Lot 73611 Others utilize timeless motifs and iconography, with Neoclassicism serving as a popular inspiration for engravers, such as lots 73531—presented for Geneva's Society of Riflemen in 1882—and lot 73611—struck for the Federal shooting festival held in Frauenfeld in 1890. 
Lot 73475 
Lot 73559 Still others parallel the changing art movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, employing hints of Art Nouveau on lot 73475—issued for the Aargau Cantonal shooting festival in 1902—and featuring strong nods to Art Deco on lot 73559—awarded at the Sempach annual shooting festival from the 1920s. These festival-centric issues weren't limited to medallic form, however, as coins at times also commemorated the events, with the crown module offering a great analog to the award medals.
An early
example of a Great medals. These remind me of my old friend and mentor Charles N. Erb of the Western Pennsylvania Numismatic Society. Of Swiss ancestry, Chuck was known primarily for collecting Bust Halves by die variety, but he also made a specialty of Swiss Shooting Talers, and spoke about them at WPNS more than once. -Editor
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