Obverse: conjoined busts of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie
Legend: NAPOLEON III ET EUGENIA GALLORUM IMPERATOR ET IMPERATRIX (Napoleon III and Eugenie, Emperor and Empress of France)
Reverse: Britannia introduces Gallia (France) to Londinia (the City of London).
Legend: CONCORDES SERVAT AMICITIA (Friendship keeps them on good terms)
Exergue: LONDINI RECEPTI 19.APR.1855
Bronze, 76 mm
Weight: 250 gram
Mintage: 350
Ref: Welch 7; BHM 194/2561; Eimer 178/1496
Historical note: Charles Louis Napoleon Buonaparte (1808-1873), Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, was the third son of Louis Buonaparte, ex-king of Holland. His mother was Hortense, the daughter of the Empress Josephine by her first marriage. Napoleon III married Eugenie Marie de Guzman, comtesse de Teba in 1853. The Emperor and Empress visited the British Court in 1855 at which time the Queen invested his Imperial Majesty with the insignia of a Knight of the Garter. Their reception and entertainment took place at the Guildhall.
Historical medal of the reception of Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie at the Guildhall (London) in 1855.
Signed: Benjamin Wyon.
Period: 1855
Articlecode: PM 7073 | 
