fme_1173230 - NAPOLEON IV Médaille, 18 ans du prince impérial
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Type : Médaille, 18 ans du prince impérial
Date: 1874
Metal : copper
Diameter : 45,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver MERLEY Louis (1815-1883)
Weight : 32,93 g.
Edge : Lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène. Présence de coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : * NAPOLÉON NÉ À PARIS LE 16 MARS 1856 *.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche du prince impérial, signé : L. MERLEY. F.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 16 MARS 1874.
Reverse description : Lisse.
Commentary
Médaille non décernée.
Medal not awarded
Medal not awarded
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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