France, Louis XVIII, 1820, Medal, UNC; France, Louis XVIII, 1820 Medal, UNC, Charles Ferdinand Duke of Berry, 1778-1820. Three designers on this medal; Caque, De Puymaurin and Dieudonne. Copper 61.5g, 51mm. Bust left/Catafalque of the Duke of Berry center, Religion depositing a laurel branch, France in mourning, weeping. Coll-164. On 13 February 1820, the Duke of Berry was stabbed and mortally wounded when leaving the opera house in Paris with his wife, and died the next day. The assassin was a saddle maker named Louis Pierre Louvel, a Bonapartist opposed to the monarchy.
Estimate: $125