Collection Highlights
Thoughts on African Colonization
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.E448.G24.1832
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal
Object Number:
2008.42.354
Date:
1869
Medium:
Bronze, leather, velvet, brass
Dimensions:
diameter: 75.7mm (3 in.)
Marks:
Obverse center below bust: "A BORREL"; reverse left "A BORREL", right "1869".
Description:
Bronze struck medallion with obverse showing left-facing bust-length profile; legend: "NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR". Reverse shows female figure holding staff and lightning bolts over reclining dragon; legend: "EXPEDITION CHINE ET DE COCHINCHINE"; in exerg.: "1860-1862". In hinged green leather presentation box lined in red velvet, with brass clasp.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
