1894, Switzerland, Vaud. Copper "Lausane Shooting Festival" Medal. PCGS SP-65!

Mint Year: 1894
Mintage: 880 pcs.
Medallist: Ch. Vuillermet
Reference: Richter 1591d. Rare!
Condition: Certified and graded by PCGS as SP-65! - Top Pop!
Denomination: Medal - Vaud Cantonal Shooting Festival in Lausanne, 1894.
Material: Bronzed Copper
Weight: 44.95gm
Diameter: 45mm 

Obverse: A man with risen left hand standing on a broken sword, looking upwards to nude female winged figure, which holds an inscribed banner. City-view of Lausanne in background, palm-branch to left.
Legend: LIBERTE ET PATRIE
Translated "Liberty & Homeland."

Reverse: Swiss cross above double-headed eagle behind oval arms of the Vaud Canton within foliage.
Legend: + TIR CANTONTAL + VAUDOIS 1894 + LAUSANNE
Translated: "Cantonal Shooting of Vaud, 1894. Lausanne."

Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman). It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west. Lausanne is located 62 km (39 mi) northeast of Geneva.

The canton of Vaud is the third largest of the Swiss cantons by population and fourth by size. It is located in Romandy, the French-speaking western part of the country; and borders the canton of Neuchâtel to the north, the cantons of Fribourg and Bern to the east, Valais and Lake Genevato the south, the canton of Geneva to the south-west and France(Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) to the west.