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fjt_278261 - FIRST FRENCH EMPIRE. Napoléon Emperor bare head - Republican calendar Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène 1840
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène
Date: 1840
Quantity minted : ---
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 40,95 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 32,40 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NAPOLEON EMPEREUR.
Obverse description : Buste en uniforme de Napoléon à gauche ; en-dessous A. BOVY..
Reverse
Reverse legend : * MEMORIAL DE STE HÉLÈNE * 5 MAI MDCCCXXI . PARIS 15 DÉC. MDCCCXL.
Reverse description : Tombeau à Sainte-Hélène.
Commentary
Après la défaite de Waterloo, Napoléon est exilé et déporté par les Britanniques sur l'île Sainte-Hélène où il débarque en octobre 1815. Il y meurt le 5 mai 1821. Conformément à ses dernières volontés, Napoléon est inhumé le 9 mai près d'une source dans la vallée du Géranium, dénommée depuis “vallée du Tombeau”. Le 27 mai, toute la colonie française quitte l'île. En 1840, le roi Louis-Philippe obtient du Royaume-Uni la restitution des cendres de l'Empereur. L'exhumation du corps de Napoléon a lieu le 15 octobre 1840, puis il est rapatrié en France et enterré aux Invalides à Paris.
After the defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon was exiled and deported by the British to the island of Saint Helena, where he landed in October 1815. He died there on May 5, 1821. In accordance with his last wishes, Napoleon was buried on May 9 near a spring in the Geranium Valley, which has since been called the “Tomb Valley.” On May 27, the entire French colony left the island. In 1840, King Louis-Philippe obtained the return of the Emperor’s ashes from the United Kingdom. Napoleon’s body was exhumed on October 15, 1840, and he was then repatriated to France and buried at Les Invalides in Paris.
After the defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon was exiled and deported by the British to the island of Saint Helena, where he landed in October 1815. He died there on May 5, 1821. In accordance with his last wishes, Napoleon was buried on May 9 near a spring in the Geranium Valley, which has since been called the “Tomb Valley.” On May 27, the entire French colony left the island. In 1840, King Louis-Philippe obtained the return of the Emperor’s ashes from the United Kingdom. Napoleon’s body was exhumed on October 15, 1840, and he was then repatriated to France and buried at Les Invalides in Paris.







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