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Napoléon III: Exposition Universelle, 1867
French
1867
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 36 mm (1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry H. Fay
Accession Number13.808
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal with profile bust of Napoléon III (1808-1873), emperor of France, commemorating the Exposition Universelle of 1867.
Obverse: Profile bust of Napoléon III looking to proper right, wearing laureate wreath; inscribed at edge "NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "S.A.LE PRINCE IMPERIAL PRESIDENT", at inner band "NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR", and at center "SOUVENIR/DE/MA VISITE/A/L'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE/DE 1867".
Obverse: Profile bust of Napoléon III looking to proper right, wearing laureate wreath; inscribed at edge "NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "S.A.LE PRINCE IMPERIAL PRESIDENT", at inner band "NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR", and at center "SOUVENIR/DE/MA VISITE/A/L'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE/DE 1867".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "S.A.LE PRINCE IMPERIAL PRESIDENT", at inner band "NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR", and at center "SOUVENIR/DE/MA VISITE/A/L'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE/DE 1867".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "S.A.LE PRINCE IMPERIAL PRESIDENT", at inner band "NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR", and at center "SOUVENIR/DE/MA VISITE/A/L'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE/DE 1867".
ProvenanceBy 1913, Henry H. Fay; 1913, gift of Henry H. Fay to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)