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France, The bombardment of Fort St Jean d’Ulloa, 1838, a blackened pewter medal by A.J. Depaulis, bust of Louis Philippe I left, rev. ship anchored alongside the fort, Victory flies above, 75mm (BDM I, 557-8). Very fine (£40-60)

Forrer quotes at length from an article by F. Mercey in Revue des Mondes, which offers a critical appraisal of the medal