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Description: | Medal commemorating Louis XVIII landing at Calais, 1814. Obverse: Head of Louis XVIII with long hair (right). Legend: 'LOUIS XVIII ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE'. Reverse: France crowned advancing with outstretched hands to welcome the English yacht 'Royal Sovereign'. Legend: 'IL PORTE LA PAIX DU MONDE' (He brings the peace of the world). Exergue: 'MDCCCXIV'.
caption: Medal commemorating Louis XVIII landing at Calais, 1814; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating Louis XVIII landing at Calais, 1814; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Royal Sovereign 1804 (HMS) N. G. XVIII medals Andrieu Brenet Louis Bertrand | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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