Live auction - fmd_1090539 - Médaille satirique Lt 27, type E “Chouette penchée” 1870 Schw.E2b
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | 50 € |
| Maximum bid : | 50 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 January 2026 17:47:47 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Médaille satirique Lt 27, type E “Chouette penchée”
Date: 1870
Quantity minted : ---
Metal : brass
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,00 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
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, "SEDAN" inscrit sur le col.
Reverse
Reverse legend : * VAMPIRE FRANÇAIS */ 2 DÉCE. 1851 - 2 SEPT. 1870.
Reverse description : Aigle napoléonien surmonté d'une tête de chouette sur un fût de canon.
Commentary
Frappe médaille. Exemplaire sans la chaîne au collier et sans cigarette.
Répertorié en tant que E2b dans l’ouvrage de Christian Schweyer “Histoire des Monnaies Satiriques” p.362-365.
Medal strike. example without the necklace chain and without the cigarette. Listed as E2b in Christian Schweyer's work “Histoire des Monnaies Satiriques” p.362-365
Répertorié en tant que E2b dans l’ouvrage de Christian Schweyer “Histoire des Monnaies Satiriques” p.362-365.
Medal strike. example without the necklace chain and without the cigarette. Listed as E2b in Christian Schweyer's work “Histoire des Monnaies Satiriques” p.362-365
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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