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Great Britain - 1814

Paix de Paris - Alexander I

Obverse
Obverse:
Uniformed bust of the Czar of Russia, bare head, left.
Legend:
ALEXANDER EMP. OF ALL THE RUSSIAS
Size:
25 mm.
Reverse
Reverse:
THE / LIBERTIES / OF EUROPE RESTD. / BY THE UNITED / EFFORTS OF ENGLAND / AND HER / AUGUST ALLIES / THE / PRELIMINARIES / OF PEACE SIGNED / MAY 30 / 1814

Vern's Comments:

 
An interesting little jeton, the reverse is weak in the center where it appears the metal was drawn away when the bust was struck.

BHM:

AE, Br. 25 by T. Kettle
AE N; Br. R.
BM; BMAG; ML; UM.br>
 

See note to No. 802.
British Historical Medals, Volume I, p. 194