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Description: | Commemorative medal Two casts, obverse and reverse. Obv. Inscr. "NAPOLEON EMPEREUR". Napoleon's head, laureate, facing left. Rev. "L'EXILE ABREGEA SES JOURS" "PRISONNIER A STE HELENE, LE 13 OCTOBRE 1815 IL MOURUT LE 5 MAI 1821". A view of the Island of St Helena. The Frigate Belle Poule sailing away in right foreground, carrying Napoleon's body back to France.
Inscription. Two casts, obverse and reverse. Obv. Inscr. "NAPOLEON EMPEREUR". Napoleon's head, laureate, facing left. Rev. "L'EXILE ABREGEA SES JOURS" "PRISONNIER A STE HELENE, LE 13 OCTOBRE 1815 IL MOURUT LE 5 MAI 1821". A view of the Island of St Helena. The Frigate Belle Poule sailing away in right foreground, carrying Napoleon's body back to France. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | France Belle Poule fl.1815 (French) medals Emperor Emporer Napoleon III of of France Napoleon Bonaparte | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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