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Object NameMedal with Napoleon I

Made FromCopper

Date1840

Techniquestamped (minted)

SizeOverall Diam: 6.3 cm

Accession Number85.7.5

Credit LineGift of The Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton, by exchange

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

France

Physical DescriptionDark brown copper; stamped (minted). Flat, circular shape; death portrait of Napoleon I, with a laurel wreath, on a pillow; inscribed above "SAINTE HELENE V MAI MDCCCXXI."; at the side "DEPAULIS F."; and below "JE DESIRE QUE MES CENDRES REPOSENT/SUR LES BORDS DE LA SEINE,/AU MILIEU DE CE PEUPLE FRANCAIS/QUE J'AI TANT AIME."; on the reverse, a triumphal arch, with a side-wheel steam ship carrying a coffin passing underneath it; inscribed above "S.A.R. LE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE COMMANDANT DE L'EXPOSITION"; inscribed below "PASSAGE A ROUEN/DES RESTES MORTELS/DE L'EMPEREUR NAPOLEON/LE X DECEMBRE MDCCCXL"; inscribed "DEPAULIS F." below the scene; inscribed on the rim (impressed) with a device (unknown) and "CUIVRE".
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