379, Lot: 597. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SWITZERLAND, Kanton Obwalden. Sachseln. Niklaus von Flüe - ‘Bruder Klaus’. Ascetic, hermit, and saint, 1417-1488. AR Medal (42mm, 33.57 g, 12h). The internment of the saint’s remains in Sachseln. 19th century restrike, after a 1732 bronze original by J.C. Hedlinger. B · NICOLAVS · VON · FLVE · NAT · 1417 · OB · 1488 ·, draped bust right / EXPOSITUS/ A/ IOANNE BAPTISTA/ DE BARNIS/ ARCH=EP : EDESS:/ NUNTIO APOSTOL./ AD/ HELVETIOS within wreath. SM 985. EF, toned, hairlines, evidence of prior mounting.