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Switzerland / Schweiz / Suisse. Silver bowl/saucer with a 5 Francs coin 1936 HELVETIA, Confederation Armament Fund, 31 mm, weight approx. 15 g. .835, bowl diameter 115 mm, total weight 98,60 g, maker`s mark 008, 2538, Condition XF, beautiful noble patina, attractive display item
Helvetia is a national personification of Switzerland, officially Confoederatio Helvetica, the Swiss Confederation.
The allegory is typically pictured in a flowing clothing, with a spear and a shield emblazoned with the Swiss flag, and commonly with braided hair and a wreath as a symbol of confederation. The name is a derivation of the ethnonym Helvetii, the name of the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the Swiss Plateau before the Roman conquest.
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