Satirical Token - Napoleon III Defeat of Sedan; Module 10 Centimes

Satirical Token - Napoleon III (Defeat of Sedan; Module 10 Centimes) - obverseSatirical Token - Napoleon III (Defeat of Sedan; Module 10 Centimes) - reverse

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Features

Location France
Emperor Napoleon III (Napoléon III) (1852-1870)
Type Commemorative medals › Satirical medal
Year 1870
Composition Copper
Weight 12.04 g
Diameter 32 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
258915

Commemorative issue

Sedan defeatAutomatically translated

Obverse

Napoleon III wearing a German spiked helmetAutomatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: * NAPOLEON III LE - MISERABLE * / 2 DECEMBRE.

Reverse

Napoleonic eagle with owl's head on a thunderbolt.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: * VAMPIRE DE LA FRANCE */ SEDAN 2 SEPbre 1870.

Edge

Smooth

Comments

Same module as 10 centimes Napoléon III.
Following Napoleon III's defeat at Sedan, numerous satirical coins and medals were issued to ridicule the French emperor. Judged responsible for the 80,000 prisoners, Napoleon III is frequently depicted wearing a spiked helmet and associated with bones, while the imperial eagle has become an owl.

HISTORY

SATIRE - THE 1870 WAR AND THE BATTLE OF SEDAN
During the 1870 war, Mac-Mahon's army in Châlons began to count Napoleon III's presence on August 15, and tried to rescue Bazaine, who was trapped in Metz with the Army of the Rhine. On August 21, the Châlons army set off to join Mac-Mahon, but he was surrounded. Beaten several times, notably at Beaumont, the army was rejected and encircled at Sedan by the Prussian generalissimo Moltke, despite the efforts of Major Lambert who, wounded, fought with his marsouins to the last cartridge. On September 2, 1870, crushed by German artillery fire, Napoleon III and 83,000 French soldiers surrendered to the Prussian king. On September 3, Napoleon III and Wilhelm I met, while Paris learned of the Emperor's defeat and captivity. Demonstrations erupted with cries of "déchéance! déchéance!". On September 4, Napoleon III was deposed and a government of national defense was set up.

SOURCE CGB.frAutomatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1870 

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