425, Lot: 742. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SWITZERLAND, République et Canton de Neuchâtel. Neuchâtel. Silvered Cast Tin Medalk (73mm, 83.90 g, 12h). On the Reciprocal Oaths under the Protection of Prussia. By Jean-Jacques Perret-Gentil. Dated 1786. EN TOUTE SÉCURITÉ À L’OMBRE DE SES AILES, crowned Prussian eagle, holding scepter and orb, above open book set on tablet inscribed TOUS DÉVOUÉS au SOUVERAIN comme à LA PATRIE; banners of Boudri, Valangin, Neuchâtel, and Landern behind / SERMENTS RECIPROQUES, ceremony of the reciprocal oats around open book with the nine articles, wreath, sword, and additional documents, all set on plinth; above, hand emerging from clouds, holding scepter and pointing to articles; radiant all-seeing eye above clouds; NOVEMBRE/1786 in two lines in exergue. See http://www.imagesdupatrimoine.ch/notice/article/une-medaille-celebre-les-serments-reciproques-entre-le-prince-et-ses-sujets.html (for a full discussion of the medal and its context). Good VF, some deposits and edge roughness.