© Chaponnière et Firmenich SA
© Chaponnière et Firmenich SA
Guillaume Farel Neuchâtel; bronze
1830 year| Bronze | 29.72 g | 40.5 mm |
| Location | Switzerland › Switzerland (1848-date) |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Year | 1830 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 29.72 g |
| Diameter | 40.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Updated | 2024-11-14 |
| Numista | N#342742 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Bible verse John 17:17 in eight lines.
Lettering:
SANCTIFIE-LES
PAR TA VÉRITÉ;
TA PAROLE
EST LA VÉRITÉ
ST= JEAN. XVII.17.
3EME JUBILÉ DE LA RÉFORMATION
À NEUCHATEL.
1830
Translation:
Sanctify them,
By your truth;
Your word
Is the truth.
Saint-John 17:17
Engraver: Ami Jean Jacques Landry
Edge
Plain
Comment
Guillaume Farel (1489-1565) or William Farel, was a French evangelist, Protestant reformer and one of the founders of the Calvinist Church in the Principality of Neuchâtel, in the Republic of Geneva, and in Switzerland in the Canton of Bern and the Canton of Vaud (then occupied by Bern).
