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tydyetydye Posts: 3,894 ✭✭✭
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What does the reverse of this token say? Thanks!

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  • TreborTrebor Posts: 108
    DEM BESTEN SCHUTZEN mitt ein umlaut uber der U.

    The Best Shooter would be my guess. Or maybe The Best Shot?
  • tydyetydye Posts: 3,894 ✭✭✭
    Thanks!
  • JoesMaNameJoesMaName Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭
    And the front says: Coooool

    Too bad there's no date, any guesses out there?

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Shooting festival medal.

    Swiss shooting festival medals are well known for their beautiful designs, but the Germans made 'em too.

    Most of the Swiss ones I have seen were in silver, and some are considered coins, or quasi-coins, since I guess they were equivalent to a 5-franc piece.

    This piece, not being silver unless it is heavily toned silver, I dunno. How big is it? Without seeing the edges of the 2 x 2 (or 2.5 x 2.5), I can't really gauge its size.

    Looks to be more of a "maverick", as the token people would call it. A more generic prize medal that might have been used in several different places.

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  • tydyetydye Posts: 3,894 ✭✭✭
    I am pretty sure it is silver - heavily toned though as you can see.
    It is almost the size of a quarter - the 2x2 is quarter size.

    I thought it was cool so being my usual unfocused self - I bought it
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Being unfocused and unspecialized has its rewards sometimes. image

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  • Rickc300Rickc300 Posts: 876 ✭✭
    I am not sure exactly what it says... The best shooter/shot? Anyway, I would love to add it to my collection of WTF is it to the stuff I have no clue about?... It appears to be silver, and the hat looks to be Italian or Austrian in my mind. This is just based on pics of the period... I have some German coins available to trade if interested.
    Rick
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  • BjornBjorn Posts: 538 ✭✭✭
    Dem is dative, so it reads 'To/For the best shooter' - pretty much what everyone else said image

    Based on the rim beading, general appearance and font, I would guess mid-late nineteenth century, Southern German/Austrian or Swiss...
  • IloiloKanoIloiloKano Posts: 1,051
    I thought is was sauing, "Democrats had best start shooting".
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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    It means "protecting/defending the best" from the transitive verb schuetzen which takes the dative (hence, "dem besten" or the best - are being protected).

    Nice old skin!

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