France. Jeton "Napoleon III le Petit

Commemorative issue Sedan defeat Obverse Napoleon lll wearing a German spiked helmet Script: Latin Lettering:* NAPOLEON III LE-MISERABLE*/2 DECEMBRE. Reverse Napoleonic eagle with owl's head on a thunderbolt. Script: Latin Lettering:* VAMPIRE DE LA FRANCE*/SEDAN 2 SEPbre 1870. Edge Plain Comments Same module as 10 centimes Napoléon III. Following Napoleon Ill's defeat at Sedan, numerous satirical coins and medals were issued to ridicule the French emperor. Judged responsible for the 80,000 prisoners, Napoleon III is frequently depicted wearing a spiked helmet and associated with bones, while the imperial eagle has become an owl.

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