France. Jeton "Napoleon III le Petit. Vampire de la France" Sedan 1870 (No reserve price)

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French jeton commemorating Napoleon III after Sedan, 1870, ungraded, with obverse depicting Napoleon III wearing a German spiked helmet and inscriptions NAPOLEON III LE-MISERABLE 2 DECEMBRE, and reverse showing a Napoleonic eagle with an owl’s head on a thunderbolt and inscriptions VAMPIRE DE LA FRANCE SEDAN 2 SEPTEMBRE 1870.

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Commemorative issue
Sedan defeat
Obverse
Napoleon lll wearing a German spiked helmet
Script: Latin
Lettering:* NAPOLEON III LE-MISERABLE*/2
DECEMBRE.
Reverse
Napoleonic eagle with owl's head on a
thunderbolt.
Script: Latin
Lettering:* VAMPIRE DE LA FRANCE*/SEDAN 2
SEPbre 1870.
Edge
Plain
Comments
Same module as 10 centimes Napoléon III.
Following Napoleon Ill's defeat at Sedan,
numerous satirical coins and medals were issued
to ridicule the French emperor. Judged
responsible for the 80,000 prisoners, Napoleon III
is frequently depicted wearing a spiked helmet
and associated with bones, while the imperial
eagle has become an owl.