Sweden – Shooting price medal, from “the Rifle association of Scania”

Shooting price medal, from “the Rifle association of Scania” (Skånska Skytteförbundet) most likely from the late 1800 early 1900.

The red and yellow colors are the heraldic colors of the Scania region in Sweden, and the Griffin head, the heraldic symbol of Scania.

 

Scania (Skåne) is the south most region of Sweden and since it used to be a part of the kingdom of Denmark up until late 1600-th, this region had a lot of individual character, even in the designs of small shooting price medals like this one.

The front side, SKÅNES SKYTTEFÖRBUNDS SKYTTEMEDALJ, which means the Rifle association of Scania’s shootingprice medal.

The reverse side, FÖR ETT FRITT FOSTERLAND, which is ; For a free homeland