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Ref: 7039

France, Napoleon Bonaparte, Burial on St Helena 1821, white metal medal by Thomason & Jones

 

 

Obv: bare head bust of Napoleon right within wreath, legend around DIED 5 MAY BURIED IN RUPERTS VALLEY ST HELENA 9 MAY 1821

 

Rev: biographical details from birth to arrival on St Helena in 36 lines

 

Condition: Very fine; Diameter: 52mm

 

References: Bramsen 1851; d’Esseling 1678; Julius 3734/5

 

Notes: After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon was exiled to the British island of St Helena in the Atlantic. Living in the damp confines of Longwood House his health deteriorated and he died (officially of stomach cancer) on 5th May 1821. However there are some suspicions that he may have been slowly poisoned. He was buried on St Helena but in 1840 his remains were repatriated to Paris where they now rest in Les Invalides.

 

 

Price £65

France, Napoleon Bonaparte, Burial on St Helena 1821, white metal medal by Thomason & JonesFrance, Napoleon Bonaparte, Burial on St Helena 1821, white metal medal by Thomason & Jones

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