WO110187. Brass medal, Collignon Guerre –, EF, scratches, weight 6.669g, maximum diameter 25.9mm, die axis 0
o, 1870; obverse * NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR * clockwise above, SEDAN 1870 counterclockwise below, head of Napoleon III left, wearing Prussian pickelhaube (spiked helmet); reverse German Inscription: WER HÄTT',, / GEDACHT / DASS PREUSSENS,, / MACHT / MICH SO BEDACHT. (Who would have thought that Prussia makes me so fearful.) in five lines; ex CNG e-auction 510 (23 Feb 2022), lot 920; ex J. Eric Engstrom Collection; ex Dr. Richard E. Dickerson Collection; ex Jess Peters, Inc auction 92 (10 Mar 1978), lot 615; ex Matthew van der Voort Collection;
extremely rare, perhaps unique;
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