France, Second Empire. A Commemorative Medal of the Mexico Expedition Hold surrounded by an enameled laurel

surrounded by an enameled laurel wreath

Sixth Annual Convention Reserve Officers Association of the USA 1927

Type I 1848-1870 (silver

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France, Second Empire. A Commemorative Medal of the Mexico Expedition Hold surrounded by an enameled laurel(Mdaille commmorative de l'expdition du Mexique). Instituted in 1863. In silver, the obverse bearing the profile of Emperor Napoleon III surrounded by the relief inscription NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, all within a laurel wreath, the reverse bearing the inscription CUMBRES CERRO BORREGO SAN LORENZO PUEBLA MEXICO surrounded by the relief inscription EXPEDITION DU MEXIQUE 1862 3, hallmarked with an eagle's head on the reverse, 30. 5 mm in diameter, on the