Token - Napoleon III (Boulevard de Sébastopol) 1858 front Token - Napoleon III (Boulevard de Sébastopol) 1858 back
Token - Napoleon III (Boulevard de Sébastopol) 1858 photo

Token - Napoleon III Boulevard de Sébastopol

1858 year
Bronze - 23.5 mm
Description
Location
France
Emperor
Napoleon III (Napoléon III) (1852-1870)
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Year
1858
Composition
Bronze
Diameter
23.5 mm
Thickness
1.1 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#154989
Rarity index
95%

Reverse

Definition and commemoration of the event.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Boulevard de Sébastopol
Inauguré
le 5 avril
1858
sous le regne
de
Napoléon III

Translation: Sevastopol Boulevard - Inaugurated on the 5th of April 1858 under the reign of Napoleon III

Edge

Plain

Comment

Judging by the embossement on the edge, originally it was an encased token commemorating the victory of France in the Crimean War (1853-56)