Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

France, Assassination of President Carnot, 1894, a cast bronze medal, unsigned, facing bust on olive sprays, assassination scene with the murderer rushing the open carriage below, rev. incised legend, 74mm (cf. Elsen 136, 1834). Good very fine and much as made, rare; with integral wreath-shaped loop for suspension £80-£120

On the evening of the 24th June, 1894, President Carnot had just made a speech at an exhibition in Lyons when Sante Jeronimo Caserio rushed his open carriage and stabbed him. The president died early the following morning. Caserio was subsequently executed by guillotine on 16 August, 1894