Live auction - fme_914547 - ALGERIA - LOUIS PHILIPPE Médaille, Prise d'Alger par le comte de Bourmont
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| Starting price : | 35 € |
| Estimate : | 70 € |
| Price : | 80 € |
| Maximum bid : | 91 € |
| End of the sale : | 19 November 2024 15:52:55 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Prise d'Alger par le comte de Bourmont
Date: 1830
Metal : copper
Diameter : 40,92 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver CAQUÉ Armand Auguste (1795-1881)
Weight : 24,75 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Jolie patine marron hétérogène, présentant quelques marques d’usure et taches d’oxydation. Petites rayures sur la tranche
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONQUÊTE - D'ALGER LE 5 - JUILLET 1830.
Obverse description : La Victoire et Athéna volant à droite au-dessus d'un cheval de mer terrassé ; au-dessous DURAND ÉDITEUR.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE EN CINQ LIGNES : LE COMTE / DE BOURMONT / GÉNÉRAL EN CHEF / DE L'ARMÉE / FRANÇAISE..
Reverse description : dans une couronne continue de lauriers ; au-dessous, signé CAQUÉ F..
Historical background
ALGERIA - LOUIS PHILIPPE
(1830-1848)
Two Algerian Jewish merchants who had the privilege of selling grain negotiated with the French Republic, under the Directory, the sale of a cargo for a total of 24 million francs, or three times the normal price. The cargo is delivered to France, but the sum will never be paid. The dey of Algiers (1773-1838) claimed in 1818 from Louis XVIII, this sum of which he was a creditor. The debt was reduced to 7 million francs in 1819. He received 4 the following year. The dey wrote to Charles X in 1826 to claim payment of the other three million. On April 29, the dey, not receiving a royal response, struck with his fly swatter, Pierre Deval, French consul in Algiers. Apologies are requested, the dey refuses and diplomatic relations are broken. On May 25, a fleet of 103 warships and 572 merchant ships left Marseilles with 37,500 men. Marshal de Bourmont is commander-in-chief. The landing took place on June 14, 1830 in Sidi-Ferruch. Algiers is taken on July 5, the dey leaves the city for exile. The conquest of Algeria begins.
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