General de Castellane CU Medal Lyon 1851

Name: General de Castellane CU Medal Lyon 1851
SKU: 43386
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Hallmark: <hand> CUIVRE (1845-1860)

Copper medal of General Boniface de Castellane, commander of the Lyon army (1851). Medal engraved by Jean Louis Michel Schmitt.

General Boniface de Castellane played a key role in Lyon in 1851 during the coup d’état of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte.