FRANCE, Second Empire. Napoléon III. 1852-1870. Brass Medal (26mm, 6.67 g, 12h). Napoléon's Humiliation at Sedan. Dated 1870. * NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR * SEDAN 1870, head left, wearing Prussian pickelhaube / WER HÄTT"/ GEDACHT/ DASS PREUSSENS"/ MACHT/ MICH SO BEDACHT. Collignon, Guerre –. Scratches. EF. Extremely rare, described by Dickerson as unique.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Dr. Richard E. Dickerson Collection (Jess Peters 92, 10 March 1978), lot 615; Matthew van der Voort Collection.