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Barre, Albert Desire
Title
Medal, campaign
Object type Classification: 278
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English: Decoration for Companions of Napoleon on St. Helena (St. Helena Medal 1797-1815) heavy bronze medal, oval, laurel wreath with ribbon around on both sides, surmounted by crown, suspension ring and ribbon missing obverse- laureate head of Napoleon I to right with NAPOLEON I EMPEREUR around, with beaded rim inside laurel wreath reverse- circular band with CAMPAGNES DE 1792 A 1815 x, inscription engraved in nine lines centre field- A - SES - COMPAGNONS - DE GLOIRE - SA DERNIERE - PENSEE - STE HELENE - 5 MAI - 1821 maker's markings on obverse below bust (ribbon- green with narrow red stripes)
Date Napoleon III (1852 - 1870)-French reign; 1797-1815; (1857); Unknown; Napoleonic Wars-wars
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width: 33mm
height: 52mm

notes: medal: height x width: 50mm x 30mm ribbon width: 38mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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1932.233
Place of creation Saint Helena; France
Exhibition history Display: 1C 29
Credit line Collection of the Mackelvie Trust Board, 1931, on loan to Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1932.233, N1065, 18042.3
Notes Decoration for Companions of Napoleon on St. Helena (Saint Helena Medal 1792-1815) The Saint Helena Medal (1792-1815) was granted in 1857 to all soldiers and sailors who had taken part in the wars lasting from 1792 to 1815. The medal name refers to the island where Napoleon I died in exile in 1792 reference- Kendall L Witt, "To His Companions of Glory - The French Saint Helena Medal", The Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America, volume 47, 1996. see- http-www.omsa.org-files-jomsa_arch-Splits-1996-113138_JOMSA_Vol47_8_1996_10.pdf
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