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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 |
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| 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 |