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King David Psalmenpfennig

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Bern, Switzerland, c.1670-1680. M&H 103, Leu 659. Silver. Diameter 43.6mm, 18.8 grams. Obverse: OMNIS LAUDET IAH (May every breath praise Jehova, or God). Around a full-length figure of King David, kneeling facing left and playing a harp. Reverse: MONUM LIBERAL REIP BERNENSIS (A token of recognition from the Free Republic of Bern).

Provenance:

UBS; January 27-29, 2004, Sale 58, lot 468

In Berne, medals were given in Sunday schools for memorizing the Heidelberg catechism, and smaller ones given for memorizing the Bern Catechism (which was an abbreviated and simplified version). This particular medal was given to a child in a Sunday school for memorizing all 150 Biblical psalms in the verse translation of Lobwasser which was published in 1655.

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