384, Lot: 821. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, temp. Le Gouvernement de la Défense Nationale. 1870-1871. Æ Medal (25mm, 6.70 g, 12h). Satirical issue. The Capitulation of Napoléon III after Sedan (2 September 1870). Head left, wearing German helmet and collar inscribed SEDAN, smoking cigarette / Owl, with wings displayed, standing facing on cannon set on bones. Collignon 44. Near EF, brown patina, small edge bump.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.