coin, coin
Accession Number
NAM.2003-08-53-1
Description
French ten centimes bronze coin, 1856. Collected by Pte William Hewitt and his brother Capt Arthur Hewitt, both London Regiment, World War One. Obverse bears the profile bust of the French Emperor Napoleon III. Reverse has the imperial eagle. The reverse has been tampered with and a shamrock has been incised on top of the eagle. Inscribed on obverse, 'EMPEREUR 1856 NAPOLEON III', inscribed on reverse, 'EMPIRE FRANCAIS * DIX CENTIMES *'. Associated with battles of Aubers and the Somme, World War One, Western Front, (1914-1918).
Events
Somme, Battle of the, 1916 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918), Aubers, Battle of, 1915 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)
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