Return of the Ashes, official commemorative... - Lot 282 - Beaussant Lefèvre & Associés

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Return of the Ashes, official commemorative... - Lot 282 - Beaussant Lefèvre & Associés
Return of the Ashes, official commemorative medal by Barre with the profile of Louis-Philippe on the left, reverse side struck with the legend "LOI DU 10 JUIN 1840 ORDINANT LA TRANSLATION DES RESTES MORTELS DE L'EMPEREUR NAPOLÉON DE L'ILE SAINTE HÉLÈNE A L'EGLISE DE L'HOTEL ROYAL DES INVALIDES DE PARIS ET LA CONSTRUCTION DE SON TOMBEAU AUX FRAIS DE L'ETAT. S. A. R. PRINCE DE JOINVILLE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP COMMANDING THE EXPEDITION.", without punch. 36,5 mm France, 1840. According to the diary of Edouard Pujol, officer on board the Oreste (one of the three French ships present at St. Helena), this medal was given after the exhumation of the Emperor to the officers present, notably British, who brought it up to wear it as a decoration. TTB to SUP
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