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Swiss Neutrality 1870

harashaharasha Posts: 3,079 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Honors flysis Income beezis Onches nobis Inob keesis

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    HoledandCreativeHoledandCreative Posts: 2,765 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice souvenir medal.
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    DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    She is carrying a huge sword and a shield. She does not look neutral, she looks strong.image Very nice!
    Becky
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    harashaharasha Posts: 3,079 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I believe this medal commemorates the Swiss position during a crisis at the time of the Franco-Prussian War. A French army had been defeated and it fled over the border to escape the Germans. The Swiss peacefully disarmed the French force.

    Honors flysis Income beezis Onches nobis Inob keesis

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