fmd_1109250 - Module de 5 francs "Finis Germaniæ" en cuivre 1870 Stuttgart Schw.K2 p.381
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Type : Module de 5 francs "Finis Germaniæ" en cuivre
Date: 1870
Mint name / Town : Stuttgart
Quantity minted : ---
Metal : copper
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 20,49 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NEAPOLIO III - IMPERATOR.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Napoléon III à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : FINIS/ GERMANIÆ/ 1870 .
Reverse description : dans une couronne composite formée d'une branche d'olivier et d'une branche de chêne.
Commentary
Médaille satirique présentée dans l’ouvrage “Histoire des Monnaies Satiriques” de Christian Schweyer en tant que type K (p.381-383). Il existe deux types différents : K1 frappé à Bruxelles et exclusivement en argent ; K2 refrappé à Stuttgart par l’entreprise Wilhelm Mayer et pouvant être en argent, en cuivre (ou cuivre doré) ou en laiton. Il s’agit ici de la variété K2 en cuivre.
This satirical medal is presented in Christian Schweyer's book \\\"Histoire des Monnaies Satiriques\\\" as type K (pp. 381-383). There are two different types: K1, minted in Brussels and exclusively in silver; and K2, restruck in Stuttgart by the Wilhelm Mayer company, which could be in silver, copper (or gilded copper), or brass. This particular medal is the copper variety K2.
This satirical medal is presented in Christian Schweyer's book \\\"Histoire des Monnaies Satiriques\\\" as type K (pp. 381-383). There are two different types: K1, minted in Brussels and exclusively in silver; and K2, restruck in Stuttgart by the Wilhelm Mayer company, which could be in silver, copper (or gilded copper), or brass. This particular medal is the copper variety K2.
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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