c. 1840

Translation aux Invalides du corps de Napoléon.

Obverse:	Monument that I believe represents Napoleon's coffin as it looked while being transported from St. Helena to France.
Legend,	SES DESIRS SONT ACCOMPLIS.

Rev:

JE DESIRE QUE MON CORPS REPOSE SUR LES BORDS DE LA SEINE, AU MILIEU DE CE PEUPLE FRANÇAIS, QUE J'AI TANT AIMÉ.

Silvered brass, 33 x 38mm.

This is not listed in my references but seems clearly to have been produced about the same time as other cheap jetons like this one.

d'Essling #1691 (probable)
Retour des Cendres. Passage à Rouen.

Médailles et jetons divers.

Arg., Br. et laiton. 58 p.

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