British and World Coins. Tokens and Historical Medals

Birth of the Prince Imperial, 1856, a bronze medal by A. Vauthier-Galle, figure of Paris holds a crown above a cradle, reverse two angels watch over the sleeping infant who is supported on the wings of an eagle, 77mm (BDM VI, 211). Extremely fine, scarce (£30-40)

The medal commemorates the gift of a cradle from the city of Paris to the Emperor and Empress, 16 March 1856. André Vauthier-Galle (1818-99), Parisian sculptor and medallist, studied under his grandfather, André Galle, and was a brother-in-law of Eugène Oudiné