E-auction 644-652028 - fmd_1040181 - Médaille satirique Lt 25, module de Cinq centimes, type B “Os et Cigarette” 1870 s.l. Schw.B1a
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| Estimate : | 15 € |
| Price : | 13 € |
| Maximum bid : | 14 € |
| End of the sale : | 18 August 2025 15:30:20 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Médaille satirique Lt 25, module de Cinq centimes, type B “Os et Cigarette”
Date: 1870
Mint name / Town : s.l.
Quantity minted : ---
Metal : brass
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,41 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Présence de quelques coups et rayures. Taches d’oxydation
Obverse
Obverse legend : * NAPOLEON III LE - MISERABLE * / 80 000 PRISONNIERS.
Obverse description : Buste de Napoléon III à gauche coiffé d'un casque à pointe allemand et fumant une cigarette, "SEDAN" inscrit sur le col avec une chaîne.
Reverse
Reverse legend : * VAMPIRE FRANÇAIS */ 2 DÉCBRE 1851 - 2 SEPTBRE 1870.
Reverse description : Aigle napoléonien surmonté d'une tête de chouette sur un fût de canon, au-dessous des éclairs.
Commentary
Frappe médaille.
Répertorié en tant que B1a dans l’ouvrage de Christian Schweyer “Histoire des Monnaies Satiriques” p.348-349.
Medal strike. Listed as B1a in Christian Schweyer's “History of Satirical Coins” p.348-349
Répertorié en tant que B1a dans l’ouvrage de Christian Schweyer “Histoire des Monnaies Satiriques” p.348-349.
Medal strike. Listed as B1a in Christian Schweyer's “History of Satirical Coins” p.348-349
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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