E-auction 596-561329 - fme_929548 - SATIRICAL COINS - 1870 WAR AND BATTLE OF SEDAN Médaille, Napoléon III, Vampire français, type “chouette penchée”
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| Estimate : | 20 € |
| Price : | 23 € |
| Maximum bid : | 25 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 September 2024 21:09:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Napoléon III, Vampire français, type “chouette penchée”
Date: 1870
Metal : brass
Diameter : 31,50 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,07 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec quelques taches d’oxydation. Usure régulière
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NAPOLEON III LE - MISERABLE / 80 000 PRISONNIERS // SEDAN.
Obverse description : Buste de Napoléon III à gauche coiffé d'un casque à pointe allemand avec le collier SEDAN avec un anneau derrière la cou.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VAMPIRE FRANCAIS - *2 DEC. 1851 - 2 SEPT. 1870*.
Reverse description : Aigle napoléonien à tête de chouette sur un canon.
Commentary
Médaille avec un diamètre dans bélière de 27 mm.
Historical background
SATIRICAL COINS - 1870 WAR AND BATTLE OF SEDAN
During the war of 1870, the army of Châlons commanded by Mac-Mahon counted from August 15 the presence of Napoleon III and tried to come to the aid of Bazaine locked up in Metz with the army of the Rhine. On August 21, the army of Châlons leaves to join Mac-Mahon but this one is surrounded. Beaten several times, notably at Beaumont, the army was rejected and then surrounded at Sedan by the Prussian Generalissimo Moltke, despite the efforts of Commander Lambert who, wounded, fought with his porpoises until the last cartridge. On September 2, 1870, crushed by German artillery fire, Napoleon III and 83,000 soldiers of the French army surrendered to the King of Prussia. On September 3, Napoleon III and William I meet while Paris learns of the Emperor's defeat and captivity. Demonstrations burst out with cries of "forfeiture! forfeiture!". On September 4, Napoleon III is ousted while a government of national defense is set up.
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