Visit by Napoléon & Eugénie Boulogne Sur Mer

Features

Location	France
Emperor	Napoleon III (Napoléon III) (1852-1870)
Type	Commemorative medals › Visit medals
Year	1853
Composition	Tin-lead (White metal)
Weight	15.55 g
Diameter	36 mm
Thickness	1.75 mm
Shape	Octagonal (8-sided)
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Issued	27 September 1853
Number	N# 571386

Obverse

Central text with town name, surrounded by the legend and a beaded border.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
• VOYAGE DEI LMML'EMPEREᵁᴿ· ET L'IMPERATRICE
A
BOULOGNE
SUR MER

Unabridged legend: Voyage de l'empereur et l'impératrice à Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Translation:
· JOURNEY OF THE EMPEROR AND THE EMPRESS
IN
BOULOGNE
SUR MER

Reverse

Central text surrounded by an oak leaf and acorn wreath with beaded border.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
27
SEPTEMBRE
1853

Translation:
27
SEPTEMBER
1853

Edge

Plain

Comments

According to a postcard of the time, “The Pont Marguet was constructed under the administration of M. Fontaine, then Mayor of Boulogne, and inaugurated on September 27, 1853, by Napoleon III. This bridge played a crucial role in the city’s maritime and commercial expansion, allowing for better movement of goods and people between the harbor and inland areas.”.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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1853

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