France, Second Empire. A Commemorative Medal of the Mexican Expedition Hold USS North Carolina's highly accurate

USS North Carolina's highly accurate big guns bombarded Nauru on December 8th

chipping evident in the blue enamels on the centrepiece ring on the reverse

Fifteen are in bronze

Contained in an official case of issue of wood and brown leatherette exterior

and a Russian Legal Official's Button (bronze gilt

France, Second Empire. A Commemorative Medal of the Mexican Expedition Hold USS North Carolina's highly accurate(Mdaille commmorative de l'expdition du Mexique). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with bar, consisting of a double sided circular laurel leaf wreath wrapped in ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Emperor Napoleon III, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central battle names of CUMBRES CERRO BORREGO SAN LORENZO PUEBLA MEXICO, circumscribed by an inscription