| Obverse - | Bust of Leonhard Usteri, right. |
| Legend, | AUCTORITAS IUNCTA COMITATI |
| Exergue, | BOLTSCHAVSER F. |
| Reverse - | USTERIO / DESIDERATISS . / PIETAS / IUV . ACAD . TURIC . / MDCCLXXXIX |
| Usteri Death Medal | |||||||||
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| Size, 42 mm. | |||||||||
| This is a death medal or personal medal. These were usually produced by the friends and family of the deceased as a remembrance. Since there were no photographs at this time it was a relatively permanent way to remember someone. |
| USTERI, LEONHARD (1741-1789), Swiss professor of theology and educator. Among other things he founded the first school for girls in Zurich in 1774, professor in the Zurich high school and choir master at the cathedral. He was also the head librarian of the municipal library. |
| Created by the Swiss engraver Hans Heinrich Boltschauser and mentioned in Forrer, I, p. 210. |