Alpine ibex were hunted almost to ... where a licence to shoot a male ibex with one-metre-long (3.3ft) horns - the biggest prize - costs 13,000 Swiss francs (£10,170; $13,113).

The 2015 Spirit of Switzerland featured an exquisite solid silver sculptured overlay resplendent with Swiss imagery like mountain peaks, edelweiss (the national symbol), an alpine horn ...