Emperor Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808-1873) commemorating the Paris Exhibition of 1867
François Joseph Hubert Ponscarme (Belmont-lès-Darney 1827 - Malakoff 1903)
Category
Coins and medals
Date
1867
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
53 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 429258
Summary
Bronze medal Emperor Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808-1873) commemorating the Paris Exhibition of 1867 by François Joseph Hubert Ponscarme (Belmont-lès-Darney 1827 - Malakoff 1903) Commemorating the Paris Exhibition of 1867. Presented to Disraeli. Obverse with head of Napoleon III facing left, inscribed 'Napoleon III Empereur' and with maker's name 'H. Ponscarme F.' Reverse has winged female holding architectural plan and is incribed 'Exposition universelle de 1867 a Paris commission imperiale', again with the maker's name 'H. Ponscarme F.' The rim of the medal is inscribed with a small symbol and then the word 'cuivre'. Part of a set (see NT/HUG/V/31a-d).
Marks and inscriptions
'cuivre' (rim)
Makers and roles
François Joseph Hubert Ponscarme (Belmont-lès-Darney 1827 - Malakoff 1903) , medallist