E-auction 608-584890 - NAPOLEON IV Médaillette, Naissance du Prince impérial
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Type : Médaillette, Naissance du Prince impérial
Date: 1856
Metal : brass
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,10 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Bélière décalée à 11 heures. Taches d’oxydation. Restes de brillant de frappe
Obverse
Obverse legend : NAPOLEON E. L. J. J. PRINCE IMPERIAL.
Obverse description : Tête du garçonnet à gauche, les cheveux courts. Signé : CT.
Reverse
Reverse legend : NÉ LE / 16 MARS / 1856.
Reverse description : Légende en 3 lignes entourée d’une couronne de laurier.
Commentary
Dimensions sans bélière : 14 mm.
Historical background
NAPOLEON IV
(1856-1879)
Napoleon, the son of Emperor Napoleon III and Eugénie de Montijo, was born on March 16, 1856. In 1870, he followed his mother into exile in England. When his father died in 1873, he became the head of the imperial family. He followed an English military training and participated in the Zululand campaign where he died on June 1, 1879.
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