Second Empire / Napoléon III (1852-1870). Médaille d’or, visites de l’Empereur et de l’Impératrice lors de l’épidémie de choléra à l’Hôtel-Dieu et à l’hospice Beaujon, par Borrel 1865, Paris.

FRANCE Second Empire / Napoleon III (1852-1870). Gold medal, visits by the Emperor and Empress during the cholera epidemic at the Hôtel-Dieu and the Beaujon hospice, by Borrel 1865, Paris. Obv. VISITE DE L'EMPEREUR - NAPOLEON III A L'HOTEL-DIEU. The Emperor holding the hand of a patient, above FIDES SPES and CARITAS AVGVSTA; signature E. LAURENT SCULP. and A. BORREL INCIS; in the exergue: EPIDEMIE DE MDCCCLXV. Rev. VISITE DE L'IMPÉRATRICE - EUGÉNIE A L'HOSPICE BEAUJON. The Empress visiting a patient, above MISERORVM SOROR and CARITAS AVGVSTA; signature E. LAURENT SCULP. and A. BORREL INCIS; in the exergue: EPIDEMIE DE MDCCCLXV. Divo 513 = this example cited; Gold - 371.9 g - 75 mm - 12 h. From the Leu 14 sale, Napoleonic coins and medals, 15 October 1975, Zurich, no. 558 with its pouch (with price reported as 5250 CHF) With hallmarks (bee) OR. With a metal defect in the field and a few marks. Minimal marks on the edges. Special strike with satin reliefs and mirror fields. Superb to Uncirculated.