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The E-Sylum: Volume 15, Number 30, July 15, 2012, Article 18

A DANIEL IN THE LION’S DEN MEDAL

Another article from the July 12, 2012 issue of CoinsWeekly, also by Ursula Kampmann, discusses a great medal involving the biblical story of the Prophet Daniel in the lion’s den. -Editor

Daniel in the lion’s den medal Daniel in the lion’s den medal reverse

At the end of the Thirty Years War which the Swiss notoriously had not joined in, this splendid medal was made by Friedrich Fecher by order of the government of Basel.

Friedrich Fecher was a native of Strasbourg, where a guild’s list records his name besides the year 1612 and his sign: two F closely put together in a Renaissance shield. Precisely the same sign appears on our medal: below the cartouche with the city name we can see a small shield with the artist’s initials. Fecher came to Basel in 1640. Apparently without being member of any guild in Basel he produced and sold silver and gold implements. Hence the gold and silver guild’s smiths complained about his black labor and achieved finally that he was prohibited to do any more gold and silver work. However, he was able to continue his career as a medal die cutter. To that permission we owe this gorgeous Renaissance medal showing prophet Daniel in the lion’s den.

Daniel in the lion’s den

To read the complete article, see: Prophet Daniel in the lion’s den in Basel (www.coinsweekly.com/en/Prophet-Daniel-in-the-lions-den-in-Basel/
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Wayne Homren, Editor

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