Watch List notes:

France, Kingdom (restored), temp. Louis Philippe I. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the transfer of Napoléon's remains to the Invalides. Dually dated 5 May 1821 and 10 December 1840. Dies by Depaulis. SAINTE HÉLÈNE V MAI MDCCCXXI, laureate head of the deceased Napoléon resting on cushion, DEPAULIS F. to outer left; JE DESIRE QUE MES CENDRES REPOSENT SUR LES BORDS DE LA SEINE, AU MILIEU DE CE PEUPLE FRANÇAISE QUE J'AI TANT AIMÉ. in four lines below / S.A.R. LE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE COMMANDANT DE L'EXPÉDITION, the steamer La Dorade no. 3 passing under bridge at Rouen, DEPAULIS F. on ground line; PASSAGE A ROUEN DES RESTES MORTELS D L'EMPEREUR NAPOLÉON L X DECEMBRE MDCCCXL in four lines below. Bramsen 1980. 139.28g, 63mm, 12h.

Mint State. Edge stamped with prow and CUIVRE.

From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente Numismatique.