Medal commemorating the transfer of the body of Napoleon I Year 1840.

Contemporary age

Metal: Copper.
Issuing entity: France.
Mint: Not specified.
Date: Year 1840.
Obverse:
Laureate bust to the right of Napoleon. Caption: NAPOLEON EMPEREUR / JE DÉSIRE QUE MES CENDRES REPOSENT SUR LES RIVES DE LA
SEINE AU MILIEU DE CE PEUPLE QUE J'AI SO MUCH AIMÉ.

Reverse:
The troops climb a staircase carrying Napoleon's coffin, the allegory of France greets him dressed in mourning and holding palm and olive branches in her hand; in the background on the right is the warship that has transported the remains of Napoleon.
Napoleon from St. Helena; on the left, the church of Les Invalides in Paris, on top of which is the eagle on which the emperor is mounted, surrounded by lightning bolts.
Anepigraphic. Engraver: Montagny. Exergue: 1840.
Weight: 9.62 g - Diameter: 26 mm - Axes: 12 h.
Described in: : http://maxentius.lamoneta.it/PagineMedaglie/Ritorno_
restiNapoleone_6.htm; http://www.nmm.ac.uk/ collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=MEC0699

Published in:
Bayo Fuentes, S., Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2010: "Catálogo. Collections", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Coins. Todas las caras de la Historia. Colecciones numismáticas del MARQ, Alicante, p. 173.
Monetary Inventory Number: 2619.
MARQ collection. Ancient Numismatic Collection