FRANCE, Royal (Restored). Louis Philippe. 1830-1848. CU Restrike Medal (63mm, 136.90 g, 12h). The retour des cendres . By Alexis Joseph Depaulis. Dated 1840 (Roman numerals, but struck 1842-1845). Near EF.

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FRANCE, Royal (Restored). Louis Philippe. 1830-1848. CU Restrike Medal (63mm, 136.90 g, 12h). The retour des cendres . By Alexis Joseph Depaulis. Dated 1840 (Roman numerals, but struck 1842-1845). SAINTE HÉLÈNE V MAI MDCCCXXI, laureate head of the deceased Napoléon resting on cushion; DEPAULIS F. to left; JE DESIRE QUE MES CENDRES REPOSENT/SUR LES BORDS DE LA SEINE,/AU MILIEU DE CE PEOPLE FRANÇAISE/QUE J’AI TANT AIMÉ in four lines in exergue / S.A.R. LE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE COMMANDANT DE L’EXPEDITION, the steamer Normandie passing under draped and decorated arch spanning the Seine at Rouen; DEPAULIS F. on ground line; PASSAGE A ROUEN/DES RESTES MORTELS/DE L’EPEREUR NAPOLÉON/LE X DECEMBRE MDCCCXL/––––– in five lines in exergue. Edge: (prow) CUIVRE. Bramsen 1980. Once polished, now retoning, hairlines and marks. Near EF.


Closing Date and Time: 19 July 2023 at 14:08:20 ET.

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