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For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneer's website, www.noonans.co.uk Frei, Hans (Swiss, 1868-1947); b. Basle SWITZERLAND , 650. Jahrestag des Rutli-Eides [650th Anniversary of the Rutli Oath], 1941, an iron medal by H. Frei, three standing men representing the cantons of Uri Schwyz and Unterwalden raise their right hands and join their left hands, rev . lake and mountains, flame in foreground, 70mm, 69.13g. Very fine; in green card box of issue £40-£50 --- Provenance: Bt E. Preiswerk April 2010. The Rütli Oath of 1291 is the foundation-marker of Switzerland, where representatives from the Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden cantons met on the Rütli Meadow, a mountain meadow on Lake Lucerne, to swear a pact of mutual defence against threats. The Oath led to the subsequent establishment of the Swiss Confederation and is celebrated on 1 August each year, a public holiday