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Auction 101  28 September 2016
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Lot 3703

Estimate: 120 GBP
Price realized: 140 GBP
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, France, Edouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise (1768-1835), President of the Conseils des Ministres Français and Minister of War, Copper Medal, 1835, by Jean-Pierre Montagny, his (chinless) bust left ("D'après nature"), LE MARÉCHAL MORTIER DUC DE TREVISE, rev legend in six lines, ... TUÉ AUPRÈS DU ROI ..., 51mm. Extremely fine.
Mortier was part of the procession heading to review the National Guard when the assassin, Guiseppe Fieschi, fired off his "infernal machine", a home-made multi-barelled gun, aimed at King Louis-Philippe. Mortier was one of 18 dead and 42 wounded.

Estimate: £120-150
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