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Ref: 7032 |
France,
Rhone Department, Congratulatory medal, Marriage of the Duke d’Orléans to Princess Hélène of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1837, bronze medal
Obv:
conjoined busts left of Louis-Philippe I, Duke of Orleans and Princess Hélène Rev: 10-line legend (“The department of the Rhone
congratulates the King on the wedding of HRH the Duke of Orleans with
Princess Hélène
of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, celebrated at Fontainebleau the 30th May
1837”), names of dignitaries below. Condition: Extremely fine or better; Diameter: 42mm References: Coll. 1126 Notes: Hélène was a protestant who introduced the
German Christmas tree to France. One of her two sons from the marriage later fought
for the Union in the American Civil War. Her husband died in 1842 having
jumped from an out-of-control carriage. Price £75 |
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