Universal Exposition in the Palais de l'Industrie in Paris, in honour of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, medal struck during the exhibition using a minting press of Maison Cail & Cie.
Also known as: Wereldtentoonstelling in het Palais de l'Industrie te Parijs, ter ere van Napoleon III, keizer der Fransen, penning geslagen tijdens de tentoonstelling met een muntpers van Maison Cail & Cie.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1855
Pewter medal. Obverse: bust of a man within an inscription. Reverse: view of the Maison de l'Industrie within an inscription; exergue: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-4064-C; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 5 cm x weight 471 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- tin (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 5 cm x weight 471 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5 cm x weight 471 g
Design
- Obverse
- bust of a man within an inscription.
- Reverse
- view of the Maison de l'Industrie within an inscription; exergue: inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Wereldtentoonstelling in het Palais de l'Industrie te Parijs, ter ere van Napoleon III, keizer der Fransen, penning geslagen tijdens de tentoonstelling met een muntpers van Maison Cail & Cie.
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-4064-C
- Museum classification
- history medal
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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