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Came last week... I like the badger!

Excellent first Swiss shooting medal. Well done!

Though I do like the reverse I bought this for the obverse and agree with Constanius that the correct side is featured. I wanted this as a companion piece to this 1899 Langenthal, also by Homberg...

Departing from my usual "ladies in big hats" theme here's a fairly rare 1900 medal from Chur in a nicer than average bezel...

A new one from Poland, a 1931 Langenthal:

Rod, at the rate that Zohar is accumulating Schutzenfest medals, how long will it take before he equals your collection?

That 1901 Wyl (engraved by Hans Frei) is now on my Must-Have list.

Constanius, the amount of knowledge you possess and your willingness to share it always amazes me. Beautiful medal by the way.

On a scale of 10 that reverse is a 20. INCREDIBLE!

True, but Poland has produced some very attractive coins. My wife is half Polish, and she's pretty attractive too...

I love the balance and symmetry of the design.

And another from the same page of the Richter book. 1906 Arbon (Thurgau) Richter # 1275a 23mm silver 726 struck Engraved by Holy Freres This was also cast in bronze with an RRR scarcity rating. I'm satisfied with the more affordable silver example. It even came with the original display case.

This thread has picked up steam again! A recent addition that I was excited to acquire... 1913 Weinfelden (Thurgau) Richter # 1280a 25mm silver 600 struck Engraved by Holy Freres Welcome to the forum Peter! Sorry I forgot about Austria...

All of Switzerland, parts of Germany, France and the Netherlands, and Argentina. And probably many more countries that I am unaware of.

They are very nice people and eager to please. The Weinfelden in hand is absolutely breathtaking and I couldn't be happier with it.

Amen Rod. I did buy two nice Holy Freres medals (1906 Thurgau-Arbon and 1913 Thurgau-Weinfelden) that I needed but at almost double the Richter catalog price. I offered their price -20% and they agreed to about -10%. I have wanted the Weinfelden since I first saw it in the Richter catalog. As nice as these people are I would rather have bought these from Rod or his dad. But I cleaned them out of all their nice Holy Freres stuff long ago! I'll post photos of the new medals here as soon as I receive them. PS - Saor Alba, I definitely owe you one. I haven't bought a new Holy Freres medal in over a year and because of you I now have two new ones.

Excellent website, thanks for the heads up!

The bronze medals are usually harder to find than the silver ones, and are usually worth more. Want a real challenge? Try and find the gold Schutzenfest medals from the early 1900's.

Beautiful 1905 Fribourg medal Ian, nicer than mine. (Catalog number is Richter 420.) This medal has two obverse die varieties. The first is signed "HOLY FRERES" on the obverse and that's the one you have pictured. The second is signed "Holy Frs" on the obverse. I have no idea which is common and which is scarce. Both are pictured at the bottom of page 5 of this thread.

My sentiments exactly. I was out of the game at 1666...

Believe it or not I didn't pay him to say that. We are simply men of impeccable taste and upbringing. I haven't found a new Holy Freres medal in over a year. Someone please sell me one. PLEASE!

All mammary references aside, that is a beautiful medal Ian!

Very nice medals Ian, especially the 1903 Biel. One of Holy Freres most beautiful designs.

That makes two of us, three if you count ScottishMoney...