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France - 1840

Translation aux Invalides du corps de Napoléon. (probable)

Obverse
Obverse:
Monument that I believe represents Napoleon's coffin as it looked while being transported from St. Helena to France.
Legend:
SES DESIRS SONT ACCOMPLIS.
Size:
33 mm.
Reverse
Reverse:
JE DESIRE QUE MON CORPS REPOSE SUR LES BORDS DE LA SEINE, AU MILIEU DE CE PEUPLE FRANÇAIS, QUE J'AI TANT AIMÉ.

Vern's Comments:

Silvered brass, 33 x 38mm.

This is not listed in my references but seems clearly to have been produced about the same time as other cheap jetons like this one.

d'Essling:

d'Essling #1691 (probable)
Retour des Cendres. Passage à Rouen.
Médailles et jetons divers.
Arg., Br. et laiton. 58 p.