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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Napoleon's head, laureate, facing left. Legend: 'NAPOLEON EMPEREUR'. Reverse: A view of the Island of St Helena. The Frigate 'Belle Poule' sailing away in right foreground, carrying Napoleon's body back to France. Legend: 'L'EXILE ABREGEA SES JOURS'. Exergue: 'PRISONNIER A STE HELENE, LE 13 OCTOBRE 1815 IL MOURUT LE 5 MAI 1821'.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1164 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Borrel |
| Vessels: | Belle Poule (1834) |
| Date made: | 1840 |
| People: | France, Napoleon III Emperor of; Bonaparte, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 7 mm x 50 mm |