Medal with Napoleon I

Object Name: 
Medal with Napoleon I

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Object Name: 
Medal with Napoleon I
Place Made: 
France
Accession Number: 
85.7.5
Dimensions: 
Overall Diam: 6.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1840
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton, by exchange
Primary Description: 
Dark 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".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Stack's Numismatics, Former Collection
1985-10-30
Houghton, The Honorable Amory (American, 1926-2020), Source
1985-10-30
Color: 
dark brown
Technique: 
stamped (minted)
Inscription: 
DEPAULIS F.
Inscription
: 
on reverse: below steam ship
CUIVRE
Inscription
: 
on reverse: on the rim
SAINTE HELENE V MAI MDCCCXXI
Inscription
: 
on obverse: Above portrait
PASSAGE A ROUEN/DES RESTES MORTELS/DE L'EMPEREUR NAPOLEON/LE X DECEMBRE MDCCCXL
Inscription
: 
on reverse: below steam ship
JE DESIRE QUE MES CENDRES REPOSENT/SUR LES BORDS DE LA SEINE,/AU MILIEU DE CE PEUPLE FRANCAIS/QUE J'AI TANT AIME.
Inscription
: 
on obverse: below the portrait
S.A.R. LE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE COMMANDANT DE L'EXPOSITION
Inscription
: 
on reverse: above steam ship
DEPAULIS F.
Inscription
: 
on obverse: at side of portrait