314, Lot: 499. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal (Restored). Henri d’Artois, Duc de Bordeux (later Henri V). Æ Medal (51mm, 66.50 g, 12h). Henri’s visit to Pau. By E. Dubois and de Paymaurin. Dated 1827/1828. HENRI • CHARLES • FERDINAND • MARIE • DIEUDONNÉ • DUC • DE • BORDEAUX, uniformed bust of Henri to left / LA BONNE VILLE DE PAU A LA MERE DU NOUVEL HENRI, laureate, draped, and armored bust of Henri IV. Collignon 548. EF.

When Henri V was born seven months after the murder of his father Charles Ferdinand, the French monarchists heralded it as a miracle (even coining Henri "the miracle child"). Following the abdication of his grandfather Charles X and shortly later the Dauphin Louis Antoine, the young Henri was to succeed to the throne. Yet Louis-Philippe ignored this plan and, seven days later, was himself chosen by the National Assembly. Henri left France in exile. In the following years, he maintained contact with his Legitimist supporters and would come close to the throne again following the disaster at Sedan in 1870. However, this plan was stymied by the noble’s obstinate insistence that the nation abandon the Tricolour. Third Republic remained in power and Henri died in exile.