France, July Monarchy. A Medal For The Inauguration Of The Statue Of Napoleon Bonaparte 1833 United Republic of 87 mm x 136 mm

87 mm x 136 mm

Footnote: This badge was awarded to service personnel who sustained a wound or contracted sickness or disability in the course of the war

casting error and contact marks on the reverse

I Class Medal (in brass

The reverse ricasso is maker marked SMF Solingen (Stocker & Co

France, July Monarchy. A Medal For The Inauguration Of The Statue Of Napoleon Bonaparte 1833 United Republic of 87 mm x 136 mmIn bronze, obverse illustrating the statue of Napoleon Bonaparte by sculptor Emile Seurre, one of the most famous images of the Emperor with his hand on his stomach, dressed in his frock coat and bearing the famous bicorn hat, initially placed at the top of the Vendme column and inaugurated on July 28, 1833 in the presence of Louis Philippe I, the statue flanked by an upward pointing sword with ribbon at the left and a mace surmounted by an eagle and