France, Napoleon III Welcoming Queen Victoria to Boulogne, 1855, a bronze medal by A.D. Barre, bust of Napoleon III right, rev. seated robed female figure wearing mural crown, inscribing a pillar, ship and naval accountrements in background, 62mm (BDM –; BHM –); Inauguration of the Église Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1857, a bronze medal by L. Merley, bust of Napoleon III left, draped in ermine, rev. frontal elevation of the church, 76mm (BDM II, 42; cf. DNW 30, 671); Homine Dirigente, Sol Artifex, 1866, a bronze medal by E.-A. Oudiné, bust of Napoleon III left, rev. robed female figure indicating rays of sun falling on a portrait she holds, 73mm [3]. First brilliant mint state, in green fitted case of issue, others extremely fine and better, last nicely patinated (£50-70)