Medal - Napoleon III (Annexation of Savoy and Nice to France) 1860 front Medal - Napoleon III (Annexation of Savoy and Nice to France) 1860 back
Medal - Napoleon III (Annexation of Savoy and Nice to France) 1860 photo

Medal - Napoleon III Annexation of Savoy and Nice to France

1860 year
Tin 58 g 50.5 mm
Description
Location
France
Emperor
Napoleon III (Napoléon III) (1852-1870)
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Year
1860
Composition
Tin
Weight
58 g
Diameter
50.5 mm
Thickness
4 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#162871
Rarity index
95%

Reverse

Inscription in 10 lines in a crown of oak and laurel.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ANNEXION DE LA SAVOIE ET DU COMTÉ DE NICE Â LA FRANCE. MASSONNET. EDE.
LE ROI
VICTOR EMMANUEL II
CEDE
LA SAVOIE
ET LE COMTE DE NICE
A L’EMPEREUR
NAPOLÉON III
LE 24 MARS 1860

Edge

Plain

Comment

The Annexation of Savoy is the generic name given to the union, according to the expression used in the Treaty of Turin, of the whole of Savoy (future departments of Savoy and Haute-Savoie), corresponding to the homonymous duchy, and the county of Nice, then an integral part of the kingdom of Sardinia, with France in 1860. Although the country had been occupied, even annexed, on several occasions (by the French: 1556-1559; 1600-1601; 1689 then 1703-1713; by the Spanish 1742-1749; again by France during the Revolution from 1792 to 1814), the expression refers to the "reunion" clause in Article 1 of the Treaty of Turin of March 24, 1860.