Neuchatel 1894

28mm, brass

This is exactly what it says it is and whilst not exactly common does turn up. It did originally have a loop at the top, which was so that it could be suspended from a ribbon pinned to your dress or jacket. It is from the Swiss town of Neuchatel - spelling and name varies depending on whether you are French, German, romanche or Italian. This was the time when thousands of folks sang, often in harmony, there being no video, no TV, no radio and nothing in the way of films worth talking about. They must have been given away to either visitors or competitors and may have acted as an entry, or re-entry ticket. Neuchatel was at that date one of the most important towns in Switzerland, thrusting tiger-economy style and famous for its chocolate, tobacco, watches, university, metal-working, printing and the like. Of course, bordering on the eponymous lake, it was the idea place for festivals and the like.

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