Small miniature gilt medal with eyelet and loop for ribbon suspension; the face with the head of Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Napoléon, Prince Imperial, facing left, circumscribed ‘NAPOLEON L L J J PRINCE IMPERIAL’, signed with monogram ‘CT’; the reverse inscribed ‘CAPORAL / AU / 1ER REGT / DES / GRENADIERS / DE LA / GARDE’ within a laurel wreath; diameter 12.99mm (0.51 inch); without ribbon. The medal was issued to commemorate the admission of the Prince Imperial into the 1st Grenadier Regiment of the Imperial Guard on 26 April 1856 just six weeks after his birth on 16 March 1856.
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