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Description: | Medal commemorating a naval orphanage. Obverse: Head of the Emperor Napoleon III, laureate (right). Legend: 'NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR.' Reverse: France seated (right), in an imperial crown, her left hand resting on an anchor and her right outstretched, shielding with her cloak four naked children. Legend: 'PUPILLES DE LA MARINE.' (Orphans of the Admiralty.) Exergue: 'LE CTE. P. DE CHASSELOUP-LAUBAT MINISTRE DE LA MARINE ET DES COLONIES.' Inscription: '25 NOV 1862'.
caption: Medal commemorating a naval orphanage; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating a naval orphanage; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Napoleon III Barre Emperor of France J.J. | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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