ominus1 Posted September 19 · Patron Share Posted September 19 i've been eyeing this for years and finally made an offer he couldn't refuse...just paid for and soon to be on its way .... post what you will....:) 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted September 19 · Patron Share Posted September 19 Nice, what is the diameter? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ominus1 Posted September 20 · Patron Author Share Posted September 20 (edited) 38 minutes ago, ChrisB said: Nice, what is the diameter? thanks ChrisB...51mm 🙂 Edited September 20 by ominus1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsyas Mike Posted September 20 · Member Share Posted September 20 Calque huh? Yep, that's a nice one @ominus1. I too succumbed to medals this past Spring - I think it is customary to blame medal-collecting on @DonnaML and her fine collection - so a shout out to you, Donna. 😄 I've since drifted back to ancients, but I think medals are going to be part of my collecting interests for a while. They sure can be pretty. This is my smallest one, a little bitty French issue, also by Caqué issued in silver for Napoleon IV's baptism. He was later killed in the British Zulu wars, after his father was deposed during the Franco-Prussian War. Here he is a cute little baby: France 1856 Silver Medal Napoleon III (1848-1870) Baptism of Napoleon IV Eugène Mint: Monnaie de Paris Medalist: Armand Auguste Caqué 14 JUIN 1856, Napoleon IV Eugène infant head left / Napoleon III and Eugénie jugate bare heads right | CAQUÉ below truncation Divo 317. (2.09 grams / 10 mm) eBay July 2024 Lot @ $2.22 Note: “Commissioned from Caqué, it was heavily influenced by the medal produced for the birth of the Roi de Rome...The medal shown here was made deliberately small so that many could be produced and distributed exceedingly widely in commemoration of the event. The records for the Sainte-Eugénie Hospital reveal for example that on 18 July, 1856, 158 medals were handed out to the children at the hospital who had “distinguished themselves for their assiduousness and good behaviour. The medal will be not only a commemoration of the baptism of the Prince Impérial but also a stimulus for emulation.” napoleon.org It is very small: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 20 · Supporter Share Posted September 20 (edited) Nice medal, probably for french royalists, since he was never king, France was a republic at that time, and the "TEMPLE" hie died was the temple prison. He died mistreated from tuberculosis. Poor child. Edited September 20 by shanxi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ominus1 Posted September 20 · Patron Author Share Posted September 20 27 minutes ago, shanxi said: Nice medal, probably for french royalists, since he was never king, France was a republic at that time, and the "TEMPLE" hie died was the temple prison. He died mistreated from tuberculosis. Poor child. these medals were commissioned by Louis XVIII in 1824 i believe...yeah its a sad deal and doesn't reflect well on the French people who were responsible in my opinion...i guess that's why they call that period 'the reign of terror'.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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