Napoleon silver medal exile to Saint Helena

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Γαλλικό μετάλλιο με θέμα την εξορία του Ναπολέων στο νησί της Αγίας Ελένης . Στην μια πλευρά το πορτρέτο του αυτοκράτορα στην άλλη όψη συμβολισμός του αυτοκράτορα με τον προμηθέα δεσμώτη . 1816 283 γρ ασημένιο μετάλλιο

France. Napoleon I, AR Medal ( 283 gr)  commemorating Napoleon’s exile to Saint Helena, 1816, Milan mint, by an uncertain Italian engraver, Bramsen 1785, After his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, Emperor Napoleon abdicated and surrendered to the British. Deciding the fate of the former Emperor of the French, England did not want to risk either his execution, as Napoleon’s staunchest opponents sought, or a trial that was questionable for propaganda reasons, or internment. So the British government decided that Napoleon, as a “prisoner of state,” would be transported and imprisoned on the island of St. Helena. In exile on the small Atlantic island, he spent the last six years of his turbulent life. Napoleon Bonaparte died on May 5, 1821.
Exquisitely preserved, magnificent and very artistic medal condemning Napoleon’s “traitors” who contributed to his exile to Saint Helena. A true gem in the collection of any enthusiast of the Emperor of the French.