Medal (Pars Universal Exposition; Eugénie) 1855 front Medal (Pars Universal Exposition; Eugénie) 1855 back
Medal (Pars Universal Exposition; Eugénie) 1855 photo
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Medal Pars Universal Exposition; Eugénie

1855 year
Copper 11.5 g 28 mm
Description
Location
France
Issuing entity
Massonnet Éditeur
Emperor
Napoleon III (Napoléon III) (1852-1870)
Type
Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals
Year
1855
Composition
Copper
Weight
11.5 g
Diameter
28 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#330797
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Allegory of France, draped in the antique style, sitting in the middle of the attributes of science and technology, distributing a crown and a medal of the Legion of Honor.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE
1855
MASSONNET ÉDITEUR

Engraver: Armand Auguste Caqué

Edge

Heald with punch

Script: Latin

Lettering: CUIVRE

Comment

Edition de médailles C. Massonnet fils: 19, rue Guénégaud, Paris