Jeton - Défaite de Sedan - Module de 10 Centimes satirique - Napoléon III Le Misérable - Parjure & Traitre
1870 year| Copper | 13.84 g | 32 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| Emperor | Napoleon III (Napoléon III) (1852-1870) |
| Type | Advertising medallions › Satirical medals |
| Year | 1870 |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 13.84 g |
| Diameter | 32 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#419387 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 95% |
Reverse
Napoleonic eagle with owl's head on a thunderbolt.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
❀ VAMPIRE DE LA FRANCE ❀
PARIS 2 DÉC. 1851-SEDAN 2 SEPT. 1870.
Edge
Plain.
Comment
Following Napoleon III's defeat at Sedan, numerous satirical coins and medals were issued to ridicule the French emperor. Judged responsible for the 80,000 prisoners, Napoleon III is frequently depicted wearing a spiked helmet and associated with bones, while the imperial eagle has become an owl.
HISTORY
SATIRE - THE 1870 WAR AND THE BATTLE OF SEDAN
During the 1870 war, Mac-Mahon's army in Châlons began to count Napoleon III's presence on August 15, and tried to rescue Bazaine, who was trapped in Metz with the Army of the Rhine. On August 21, the Châlons army set off to join Mac-Mahon, but he was surrounded. Beaten several times, notably at Beaumont, the army was rejected and encircled at Sedan by the Prussian generalissimo Moltke, despite the efforts of Major Lambert who, wounded, fought with his marsouins to the last cartridge. On September 2, 1870, crushed by German artillery fire, Napoleon III and 83,000 French soldiers surrendered to the Prussian king. On September 3, Napoleon III and Wilhelm I met, while Paris learned of the Emperor's defeat and captivity. Demonstrations erupted with cries of "déchéance! déchéance!". On September 4, Napoleon III was deposed and a government of national defense was set up.
SOURCE CGB.fr
