Medal - Napoleon III Conquest of Bomarsund

Medal - Napoleon III (Conquest of Bomarsund) - obverseMedal - Napoleon III (Conquest of Bomarsund) - reverse

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Features

Location France
Emperor Napoleon III (Napoléon III) (1852-1870)
Type Commemorative medals › Military medal
Year 1854
Composition Copper
Weight 196.87 g
Diameter 72.6 mm
Shape Round
Number
N#
242413
References Divo NIII# 201
Françoise Page-Divo, Jean-Paul Divo; 2001. Médailles de Napoléon III : catalogue des principales médailles historiques émises sous la Présidence de Louis Napoléon Bonaparte et sous le règne de Napoléon III. Hess Divo, Zürich, Switzerland.

Commemorative issue

Part of the Crimean War, Bomasund was conquered by the combined naval forces of France and the United Kingdom in the August of 1854

Obverse

Bust facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NAPOLÉON III EMPEREUR
CAQUÉ . F.
GRAVEUR DE S.M. L'EMPEREUR.

Engraver: Armand Auguste Caqué

Reverse

Britannia and Francia flying over ships with exploding fortress in background.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CAQUÉ. F.
PRISE DE BOMARSUND
16 AOUT 1854

Engraver: Armand Auguste Caqué

Edge

Plain with mintmark and inscription.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CUIVRE

Medal - Napoleon III (Conquest of Bomarsund) -  obverse

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Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Mark

Indicating hand Charles-Louis Dierickx, Mint Master, Monnaie de Paris (1845-1860)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1854  Indicating hand Mintmark hand (1845 - 1860)

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