COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, France, The Death of the Duke of Reichstadt (Napoleon II), Copper Medal, 1832, by Bauchéry, head and shoulders of Napoleon, three-quarters right, his eyes closed in death, rev Napoleon seated in the clouds reaches out for his son, the dates of the respective deaths to either side, 51.5mm. Extremely fine.
The Duke of Reichstadt was the title given to Napoleon II, the son of Napoleon I and the Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, in 1818, as some consolation for the destruction of the Empire over which he was nominally the Emperor.
Estimate: £80-120