Token - Death of Henry V 1842 front Token - Death of Henry V 1842 back
Token - Death of Henry V 1842 photo
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Token - Death of Henry V

1842 year
Brass 3.5 g 22 mm
Description
Location
France
King
Louis Philippe I (Louis-Philippe Ier) (1830-1848)
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Year
1842
Composition
Brass
Weight
3.5 g
Diameter
22 mm
Shape
Decagonal (10-sided)
Technique
Milled
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#56812
Rarity index
94%

Reverse

Text in the field

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NE A PALERME LE 3 SEPTEMBRE 1810
MORT A NEUILLY
LE 13 JUILLET
1842
REGRETTE
DE CEUX
QUI L'ONT
CONNU

Comment

Back from Plombières, where he had just led the duchess of Orleans, the royal prince was about to leave for Saint-Omer, where he was to review a part of the army of operation on the Marne, of which he had just received the command in chief, when he went on July 13, 1842 to Neuilly-sur-Seine to say goodbye to his family. The horses of his carriage having been carried away, on the road of the Revolt, it was affirmed that the prince wanted to run away from the carriage, but this was disputed and the autopsy can let think that he was thrown out of the carriage9. In any case, he broke his head on the pavement and died a few hours later. Alfred de Musset evokes this accident in his great poem Le Treize Juillet