OBV: NAPOLEON III LE MISERABLE 2 DECEMBRE
REV: VAMPIRE DE LA France SEDAN 2 Sept. 1870
Translation:
Obv: Napoleon III the Miserable 2nd Decembre
Rev: Vampire of France Sedan 2nd. September 1870
Unusual
Grade: AU.
More informations :
Satirical 5 centimes medal or jeton, nice grade, part of a series of coin-like medals satirizing Napoleon IIIs military defeats, approx 27mm across, related to the ill will of the French people after the losses of the Franco-Prussian wars. The reference to "Sedan" is in reference to the large loss in the decisive battle in the town where Napoleon himself was captured
