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Médaille - Napoléon III - Concours et Expositions
1861 year| Copper | 63 g | 50 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| Emperor | Napoleon III (Napoléon III) (1852-1870) |
| Type | Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals |
| Year | 1861 |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 63 g |
| Diameter | 50 mm |
| Thickness | 4 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#366477 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Shield tourelé of the city of Marseille, accosted by branches of olive tree, trident, caduceus, flag and mast of boat. Legend around with the date.
Script: Latin
Lettering: CONCOURS RÉGIONAL. EXPOSITIONS DE MARSEILLE. 1861.
Engraver: Désiré-Albert Barre
Edge
Smooth with hand punch and inscription
Script: Latin
Lettering: CUIVRE
Comment
The Marseille Industrial Show is open to industrialists and manufacturers from all over France. Housed in a gallery and annex on the Cours du Chapitre (Square Stalingrad), it attracted 1,100 exhibitors; the products on display were divided into fifteen product classes. Heating appliances are included in the second class. The Godin-Lemaire foundries and factories in Guise exhibited in the latter, as did the Godin-Jeune foundry in Étreux (Aisne), created by Jean-Baptiste André Godin's younger brother, Barthélémy Godin. The Manufacture de Guise was awarded a bronze medal.The medal offered as a reward to exhibitors at the Marseille industrial exhibition in 1861 features a nude head of Napoleon III in profile to the left on the obverse, signed "Barre", and the coat of arms of the city of Marseille on a maritime trophy background on the reverse.
