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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |Tokens, Medals & Exonumia| > WO110183
France, Second Empire, Marshal Aimable Pélissier, Taking of Sebastopol, 9 September 1855, Brass Medallet
|Tokens,| |Medals| |&| |Exonumia|, |France,| |Second| |Empire,| |Marshal| |Aimable| |Pélissier,| |Taking| |of| |Sebastopol,| |9| |September| |1855,| |Brass| |Medallet|, Aimable-Jean-Jacques Pélissier commanded the French forces in the Crimean War. His command was marked by relentless pressure of the enemy and unalterable determination to conduct the campaign without interference from Paris. His perseverance was crowned with success in the storming of the Tower of Malakoff on 8 September 1855 which ended the Siege of Sebastopol, crowning the Anglo-French Crimean War against Russia with victory. On the 12th he was promoted to marshal. On his return to Paris he was named senator, created Duke of Malakoff and rewarded with a grant of 100,000 francs per annum.
WO110183. Brass medal, Collignon -, EF, minor edge nicks, areas of weak strike, a few hairlines and marks; loop and ring for suspension, weight 4.762g, maximum diameter 23.5mm, die axis 0o, 1855; obverse LE MARECHAL PELISSIER, uniformed bust left; reverse HONNEUR A NOTRE ARMÉE ET SES ALLIEES (Honor to our army and its allies), figure standing atop captured ramparts, holding saber and French flag; PRISE / DE / SÉBASTOPOL / 9 7BRE 1855. (capture of Sebastopol 9 September 1855) below in four lines; ex CNG e-auction 510 (23 Feb 2022), lot 919; ex J. Eric Engstrom Collection; $70.00 SALE |PRICE| $63.00










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