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surrounded by "NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR."

Rev.}- a winged Victory standing on military tro-

phies, holding a French colors in the right hand and

a thunderbolt in the left. In right background is

Sebastopol, and sunken ships, and to the left a bas-

tion and sunken ships. Along the top "NON HAEC

SINE NUMINE DIVUM EVENIUNT’" and in the exer- gue "PRISE DE SEBASTOPOL / VIII ET IX SEP-

TEMRRE / MDCCCLV."

28a. On the same subject. Bronze, 1-5/8 inch in

diameter. By Blachere. Obv.: Napoleon III sur- rounded by "NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR /A LA

GLOIRE / DE L’ARM]~E D’ORIENT." Rev.: with-

in a laurel wreath are the four flags of the Allies

under which "PRISE DE SEBASTOPOL / PAR LES

ARMI~ES / ALIEES / 9 SEPT. 1855."

29. On the same subject. Diam. 1-13/16 inch. By

Desaide Roquelay. Obv.: Napoleon III in extremely

high relief. Along the circumf. "NAPOLEON III

EMPEREUR DES FRANCAIS." Rev.: "PRISE /

DE / S~BASTOPOL / LE 8 SEPTEMBRE / 1855

in diam., with loop. Obv.: Marshal Pelissier sur-

rounded by "LE MARECHAL PELISSIER." Rev.:

a battle scene surrounded by "HONNEUR A NOIRE

ARM]~E ET SES ALLI~ES / PRISE / DE / SEBAS-

TOPOL / 9 7bre 1855."

29a. On the same subject. Bronze, 1-5/8 inch in

diam. By Borrel. Obv.: Napoleon III with the

usual inscription. This was obviously made for a different purpose prior to the Crimean War, for under

the head appears the name of the engraver and the year "1852." Rev.: "PRISE / DE / S]~BASTOPOL

/ PAR / LES ARMI~ES / DE FRANC

D’ANGLETERRE / DE TURQUIE / ET / DE PI]~-

MONT / 9 7bre 1855." 29b. On the same subject. Gilt bronze, 15/16 inch

in diam., with loop. ByRobineau. Obv.: Napoleon

III with the inscription. Rev.: "PRISE / DE / SEBASTOPOL / 9 7bre_ 1855."

29c. In Honor of Marshal Pelissier and Commemorat- ing the Taking of Sebastopol. Bronze, 15/16 inch

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same as No. 10. Rev.: "PRISE / DE / KINBURN / PAR LES

FLOTTES ALLII~ES / DE FRANCE / ET / D’

ANGLETERRE / -- / 17 OCTOBRE / 1855."

Grant does not list this one,

31. In Honor of the Pacifiers o the East and Com- memorating the Signing of the Paris Treaty. Diam. 1-23/64 inch. Obv.: Napoleon III and the words "NAPOLEON Ill EMPEREUR." Rev.: a soaring, winged Victory holding a olive branch and a wreath. Inscr. along th~.~q~mference "HONNEUR AUX PACIFICAT~URx.q~I)J~’L’ORIENT" arid under the

figure-- <- ---P~X:~SIGN~E"A PARIS / LE 30 MARS

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1856 / *." Not listed in’ Grant’s work. There also exists such a medal with loop.

31a. On the same subject. Bronze, 29/32 inch in

diam. Obv.: similar to 29b. Rev.: similar to 31.

3lb. On the same subject. Gilt bronze, 15/16 inch

in diam. The obv. side of this token is that of the

token struck in commemoration of the birth of the

only san of Napcfleon, III,, (Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Josephe Prince Imperial n~ le 16 mars 1856).

This prince (who was killed by the Zulus in 1879)

is depicted in a crib above which hovers an angel

and which is illuminated by rays coming from a

star. The whole is surrounded by: AUGUSTE

PRINCE QUE DIEU ETENDE SUR TUI SA PRO- TECTION DIVINE." Hey.: same as 31b.

32. Commemorating the Signing of the Paris Treaty.

A medal by Gayrard. (See L. Forrer. It is entirely unknown to me.)

33. Military Parade of the Paris Treaty. Diam¯

1-17/32 inch. By Borrel. Obv.: same as No. 10.

Rev.: "GRANDE REVUE / PASSIVE PAR L’EM-

PEREUR / EN PRI~,SENCE / DES MEMBRES DU

CONGR]~S / DE PARIS / LE lerAVRIL 1856 /

A L’OCCASION / DU TRAITI~ DE PAIX / AVEC

LA RUSSIE / SIGN]~ LE 30 MARS / 1856." Grant does not list this medal.

England did not honor any individual partici- pant of the period of the Crimean Campaign by nu-

mismatic mementoes. France, however, did not neg-

lect to do this. It was my desire to be able to

illustrate the foll eying five medals; but, various

reasons prevented me from doing so. All these

medals are of one type, 2-23/32 inches in diameter,

and executed by Borrel.

34. In Memory of Marshal de Saint-Arnaud, Obv.:

the head of the marshal, facing left¯ Surrounding it:

"ARN.JACQ.LE ROY DE SAINT ARNAUD." Rev.: an oak wreath and the inscription briefly citing his

biography, ending with the words "... DI~BAR-

QUEMENT EN CRIM]~E ALMA." An adventurer,

as was his sovereign, Saint-Arnaud earned recogni-

tion during the conquest of Algeria and then helped

Louis Napoleon to secure his throne. He was the

first commander-in-chief of the French army that.

landed in the Crimea¯ He died nine days after the

Battle of Alma.

35. In Memory of Admiral Bruat¯ Obv.: the head of

the admiral, facing right, surrounded by "’ARMAND

JOS. BHUAT." Rev.: a wreath and the biography

"... NAVARIN . . ¯ MORT EN MER AU BORD DE

’MONTEBELLO’ LE XIX NOV. M.D.CCC.LV."

The commander of the French fleet during the Cri-

mean Campaign.

36. In Honor of Marshal Pelissier, Duc de Malakoff. Obv.: the head of the marshal-duke, facing right,

surrounded by "A.J.J.PELISSIER DUG DE MALA-

koff." Hey.: the wreath and the biography "

¯ . COMMANDANT EN CHEF DE L’ARMEE D’ORI-

ENT . . ." During the conquest of Algeria he be-

came well-known over the fact that he suffocated

some Arabs who took refuge in a cave. He took over

the command of the French army in the Crimea in

May, 1855, from the recalled Marshal Canrobert,

and after the fall of Sebastopol, was granted the

title of the Duke of Malakhov.

37. In Honor of Duke de Morny. Obv.: the head of

the duke facing left, surrounded by "CH.AUG.JOS.

LOUIS DUC DE MORNY." Rev.: the wreath and

the biography "... AMBASSADEUR EXTRAORD.

ST.PETERSBOURG . . ." This outstanding per- sonnage of the Second Empire, immortalized from a

negative point of view in the novels of Victor Hugo

and A. Dodeaux, was a bosom brother of Napoleon

IIL He was also the son of Queen Rortense; how- ever, who his father was, was never clearly estab-

lished: either Comte de Flahalt, or the Dutch Admir-

al Verhuell. Occupying various responsible posts

in the empire, which had given him the opportunity

to become quite wealthy, de Morny was sent to St.

Petersburg at the end of the Crimean War. He at-

tended the coronation of Alexander II, with the title ambassador extraordinary. He was married there to

Princess Troubetskoy, having charmed the court

circles by opulence and lavish spending.

38. In Honor of Marshal Niel. Obv.: the head of

the marshal, facing left, surrounded by "ADOLPRE

NIEL MAR~CHAL DE FRANCE." Rev.: a wreath and the biography "... G~N]~RAL DU GI~NIE EN

CRIM]~E . . ." A person who particularly enjoyed

confidence of Napoleon III, he was sent to the Cri-

mea to be a silent observer and to insure the reali-

zation of a multitude of witd military plans of the

"little Napoleon" who at one time was looking for-

ward to placing Niel at the head of the army -- which

would have been a salvation for Sebastopol - how-

ever, firmness and rectilineousness of Marshal

Pelissier triumphed and Sebastopol fell!

I conclude the French series with two satyrical

tokens in honor of the"vampire" of France, tho they

came out after the shame of Sedan in 1870 (unknown

whether of a German or French origin). After all,

the vampire in question started sucking blood al-

ready in the Crimea and continued it thru Italy,

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China, Sytia, Indo-China, and Mexico, having in- volved the already bloodless France in a war with

Prussia. After giving himself up to the conquerors,

he died in exile in England in 1873.

39. In II0nor of Empress Eugenic. This is an ex- quisite silver medal, 1-13/i6 inch in diam., depict-

ing the beautiful Empress Eugenic on ob~cerse. In the

undercut is "A. BOVY, D’APRES J. PEYRE."

Ray.: within a wreath of roses is the" engraved

inscr.: ""PRI~SENTt~E / PAR / S. M. L’IMPERA-

TRICE / EUGI~NIE / X / HENRY GIBSON ESQR /

COMME UNE MARQUE DE / SA H~iUTE BIEN-

VEILLANCE / POUR SA COMPOSITION DE LA VALSE DES ALLII~ES / PARIS / 17 FEVRIER

1855. "’

ceding medal, but without wreath, l~ev.: same as

No. 42. Nos. 42 and 43 were stru::-~ at the begin- ning of the war.

43a. Commemorating the Inauguration of Boulevard de Sebastopol in Paris. Bronze, 15/16 inch in diam.

Obv.: Napoleon III with his name and title. Rev.:

"BOULEVARD DE SEBASTOPOL / INAUGURE /

LE 5 AVRIL / 1858 / SOUS LE REGNE / DE /

NAPOLEON Iit. "

44. 5atyrical Token of Louis Napoleon. Diam.

1-17/64 inch. Obv.: Louis Napoleon wearing a Prussian helmet and uniform. Surrounding him are

the words "NAPOLEON III LE MISERABLE / 2

DECEMBRE." Ray.: a vampire holding thunder- bolts; surrounding it are the words "VAMPIRE DE

LA FRANCE / SEDAN 2 SEPbre 1870."

40. m No.OF o~ Prince Napoleon, etc. Bronze,

1-3/~ ~ueh ~= diam. By Albert Barre. Obv.: Prince

’~@oleor,. v~th suitable inscription. Rev.: the

French ea~ie gLu~rounded by "CAMPAGNE D’ORI-

ENT - 1854 - ALMA - tNKERMAN / EXPOSITION

UNIV-LLE / DE 1855."

41. in Honor of Prince Napoleon and Princess

Clotilda. Bronze, t5/16 inch in diam. Obv.: the

prince with suitable inscriptions. Rev.: the prin-

cess with suitable inscriptions.

42. Commemorating the Eastern War. Bronze, ~-7/16

inch in diam. Obv.: Napoleon III surrounded by kis

name and title, t~ev.: "GUE!{RE D’ORIFNT

GI~NEI:~AL EN CHEF ; LE MAt~ECHAL SAINT-

ARNAUD / COMMANDANT DE L’ESCADRE L’ fd3MIRAL HAMELIN."

43. On the same subject. Gilt-bronze, 1-7/16 inch

in diam. By A. Garnier. Obv.: similar to the pre-

45. Same subject. Diam. 1¼ same

effigy as on the preceding medal, but inscribed "NAPOLEON III LE PETIT" and along the cir-

cumference "N’AYANT PAS LE COURAGE DE

MOURIR A LA TETE DE MON ARMEE JE ME LIV-

RE A MON FRERE DE PRUSSE*" Rev.: design

similar to that of the preceding medal, but the in-

scription reads "VAMPIRE DE LA FRANCE /

PARIS 2 DEC. 1851-SEDAN 2SEPT. 1870."

My collection also has French silver coins of

this period, with word "SEDAN" stamped upon the

face of Louis Napoleon.

46. On the death of Napoleon III. Silver, 1-5/!6 inch in diam.

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