Mint Year: 1840 Reference: Solothum R-434c. Denomination: Medal - Solothurn Federal Shooting Festival. Condition: Certified and graded by PCGS as MS-63! - Top Pop! Material: Copper (silver-plated) Diameter: 23mm Weight: 4.3gm
Obverse:Swiss cross with clasping hands below emerging from clouds, apple pierced by arrow, with various scattered legends. Legend: UN POUR TOUS - TOUS POUR UN / PATRIE LIBERTE / FRATERNITE / TIR FEDERAL SOLEURE 1840
Reverse:Implements representing the scope of a Swiss shooting festival.
Solothurn is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissenstein Jura mountains.
The town is the only municipality of the district of the same name.
The town got its name from Salodurum, a Roman-era settlement. From 1530 to 1792 it was the seat of the French ambassador to Switzerland. The pedestrian-only old town was built between 1530 and 1792 and shows an impressive array of Baroque architecture, combining Italian Grandezza, French style, and Swiss ideas. The town has eighteen structures listed as heritage sites.
The official language of Solothurn is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.