| Obverse, | Bust, left. |
| Legend, | S. A. R. M LE DUC DORLEANS |
| Reverse, | Within two branches NÉ / A PALERM / 3 SEPTEM / 1810 / MORT A NEU / ILLY 13 JUIL / 1842 |
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| Decagonal Medal, Lead, 25mm. | |||||||
Prince Royal of France and heir apparent to Louis-Phillipe the Duke D'Orleans died after jumping from a run-away carriage and breaking his skull. During the early 1840s the French appear to have been experimenting with oddly shaped medals. This is the first ten-sided piece I've collected, the others from this time have all been twelve-sided. Unlisted in any of my references it is made of lead and appears to have been produced in haste.
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