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Medal commemorating a naval orphanage

Medal commemorating a naval orphanage. Obverse: Head of the Emperor Napoleon III, laureate (right). Legend: 'NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR.' Reverse: France seated (right), in an imperial crown, her left hand resting on an anchor and her right outstretched, shielding with her cloak four naked children. Legend: 'PUPILLES DE LA MARINE.' (Orphans of the Admiralty.) Exergue: 'LE CTE. P. DE CHASSELOUP-LAUBAT MINISTRE DE LA MARINE ET DES COLONIES.' Inscription: '25 NOV 1862'.
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Object Details

ID: MEC0805
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Barre, Jean Jacques
Places: France
Date made: 1862
People: France, Napoleon III Emperor of
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 60 mm