fjt_394964 - SATIRICAL COINS - 1870 WAR AND BATTLE OF SEDAN Monnaie satirique, module de 10 centimes 1870
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Price : 120.00 €
Type : Monnaie satirique, module de 10 centimes
Date: 1870
Mint name / Town : s.l.
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 13,48 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NAPOLEON III LE PETIT / N'AYANT PAS LE COURAGE DE MOURIR A LA TETE DE MON ARMEE, JE DEMANDE UNE CACHETTE AU ROI DE PRUSSE.
Obverse description : Buste de Napoléon III à gauche coiffé d'un casque à pointe allemand.
Reverse
Reverse legend : * VAMPIRE DE LA FRANCE */ SEDAN 2 SEPTBRE 1870.
Reverse description : Aigle napoléonien à tête de chouette sur un foudre.
Commentary
La légende de droit rappelle que Napoléon III au moment de la défaite de Sedan souffrait d'une crise de calculs rénaux et n'a donc pas pu prendre part au combat. Il est dit que l'empereur voyant la bataille perdue aurait tenté de se suicider avant de se rendre. Suite à la défaite de Napoléon III à Sedan, de nombreuses pièces et médailles satiriques ont été émises pour ridiculiser l'empereur français. Jugé responsable des 80.000 prisonniers, Napoléon III est fréquemment affublé d’un casque à pointe et associé à des ossements tandis que l’aigle impérial est devenu un hibou.
The legend of law recalls that Napoleon III at the time of the defeat at Sedan was suffering from a kidney stone attack and was therefore unable to take part in the battle. It is said that the emperor, seeing the battle lost, attempted suicide before surrendering. Following Napoleon III's defeat at Sedan, numerous satirical coins and medals were issued to ridicule the French emperor. Believed responsible for the 80,000 prisoners, Napoleon III is frequently adorned with a spiked helmet and associated with bones, while the imperial eagle has become an owl.
The legend of law recalls that Napoleon III at the time of the defeat at Sedan was suffering from a kidney stone attack and was therefore unable to take part in the battle. It is said that the emperor, seeing the battle lost, attempted suicide before surrendering. Following Napoleon III's defeat at Sedan, numerous satirical coins and medals were issued to ridicule the French emperor. Believed responsible for the 80,000 prisoners, Napoleon III is frequently adorned with a spiked helmet and associated with bones, while the imperial eagle has become an owl.
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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