Well After 3 Weeks I Need Help | Napoleonic Medal, 1840

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warjag Valued Member United States 198 Posts	Posted 11/01/2009 7:40 pm I have looked all over the planet for info on this. Identified - moved to Medals forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 11/01/2009 7:56 pm Looks like a medal commemorating Napoleon Bonaparte with the dates of his life: born 15 August 1769, died 5 May 1821. In the rays of the "eagle star" is the list of his battles. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16817 Posts	Posted 11/02/2009 02:01 am I believe the inscription around the rim of the star commemorates the transportation of Napoleon's body back to France from St Helena in 1840. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
xshift Pillar of the Community United States 2669 Posts	Posted 11/02/2009 07:09 am It is indeed about his body 'translation' from St. Helene.. some of the medals show the ship on the reverse that transported him. Here we go.. page 125, #23 on this Google Books page (interestingly, in the A description of the medals of Washington, of national and miscellaneous ... book): http://books.google.com/books?id=DO...c=frontcover 23. In honor of NAPOLEON Obverse Head of Napoleon NAPOLEON EMPEREUR ET ROI NE A AJACCIO 1769 MORT A S HE LENE 1821 Reverse An eagle surrounded by a halo in which is engraved the names of his different battles and other important events commencing at Monte Nolle and ending at Waterloo Loi DU 10 JUIN 1840 ORDANNANT LA TRANSLATION DES CENDRES DE L EMPEREUR NAPOLEON DE L SLE STM HELENE EN FRANCE Size 24 Edited by xshift 11/02/2009 07:32 am Report this Post to the Staff
xshift Pillar of the Community United States 2669 Posts	Posted 11/02/2009 07:36 am This is pretty interesting (lots of politics, ha!) but if you can wade through all that, starting on page 301 is his mother's letter requesting the remains of her son, and years later the resulting trip from St. Helene. Napoleon in Exile: St. Helena http://books.google.com/books?outpu...MAAJ&jtp=301 Report this Post to the Staff
warjag Valued Member United States 198 Posts	Posted 11/02/2009 09:32 am Very,very interesting piece of history. I had read similar articles but not this detailed. It is so funny how you can learn history from Coins/Tokens/Medals. Report this Post to the Staff
xshift Pillar of the Community United States 2669 Posts	Posted 11/02/2009 09:53 am The funny part is I used to absolutely loooooathe history. Don't tell my Mom it's my favorite 'subject' now.. Report this Post to the Staff
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