{"id":3299,"date":"2023-06-29T14:01:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T12:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web-dev.sondermuenze.ch\/?post_type=magazin&#038;p=3299"},"modified":"2023-06-29T13:58:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T11:58:11","slug":"200-years-of-the-swiss-shooting-sport-federation","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/web-dev.sondermuenze.ch\/en\/magazine\/200-years-of-the-swiss-shooting-sport-federation\/","title":{"rendered":"200 years of the Swiss Shooting Sport Federation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"section__text section__text--lead section__text--center intro-animation intro-animation--bottom\"><h1>200 years of the Swiss Shooting Sport Federation<\/h1>\n<p>The Swiss Shooting Sport Federation (SSV) is celebrating a very special anniversary in 2024. Swissmint\u2019s latest special coin marks the start of the celebrations.<\/p>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"section__text section__text--center intro-animation intro-animation--bottom\"><h3>Historic relic from a bygone age<\/h3>\n<p>In 1842, the first forerunner of the Sch\u00fctzentaler, or shooting taler, was minted to celebrate the Sch\u00fctzenfest (shooting festival) in Chur. The reverse of the SSV silver coin features elements of this coin, the first to be minted for a Sch\u00fctzenfest.<\/p>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"section__text section__text--center intro-animation intro-animation--bottom\"><h3>A long tradition:<\/h3>\n<p>The Swiss Shooting Sport Federation (Schweizer Schiesssportverband) was founded almost 200 years ago as the Swiss Shooting Association (Schweizer Sch\u00fctzenverein). Today, the SSV is the fifth largest sports federation in Switzerland, with around 130,000 members<\/p>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]<div class=\"section__teaser_special\"><div class=\"teaser_special row_simple reverse middle-xs \"><div class=\"teaser_special__media col-l-6 col-xs-12 intro-animation-mobile\"><div class=\"picture_container\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/web-dev.sondermuenze.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/swissmint-ssv-muenze-960x1200px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web-dev.sondermuenze.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/swissmint-ssv-muenze-960x1200px.jpg\" alt=\"SSV M\u00fcnze\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\"\/><\/picture><\/div><\/div><div class=\"teaser_special__content col-l-6 col-xs-12 intro-animation intro-animation--right\"><div class=\"teaser_special__content__inside\"><h3>200 years of the Swiss Shooting Sport Federation \u2013 a reason to celebrate!<\/h3>\n<p>Some 60,000 shooting enthusiasts are poised to celebrate the SSV\u2019s bicentenary in 2024. To mark this anniversary, we will also be releasing a gold SSV coin, in addition to the silver one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssv200.ch\">To find out more: www.ssv200.ch<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"section__text section__text--center intro-animation intro-animation--bottom\"><h3>Eyes on the bullseye<\/h3>\n<p>Shooting sport requires precision and concentration. When it comes to hitting the bullseye, the human eye is the most important tool \u2013 which is why our chosen design is bang on target!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Swiss Shooting Sport Federation<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"section__text section__text--center intro-animation intro-animation--bottom\"><h3>A long and varied history<\/h3>\n<p>The Swiss Shooting Sport Federation is one of the oldest sports associations in Switzerland. It was founded at the first federal shooting festival in Aarau.<\/p>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/div>","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-3299","magazin","type-magazin","status-publish","hentry","thema-special-coins"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-dev.sondermuenze.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazin\/3299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-dev.sondermuenze.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-dev.sondermuenze.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazin"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web-dev.sondermuenze.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazin\/3299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3671,"href":"https:\/\/web-dev.sondermuenze.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazin\/3299\/revisions\/3671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-dev.sondermuenze.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}