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 E. L. J. PRINCE IMP.’; the reverse with a radiant sun above a chalice, dated ‘7 MAI’ ‘1868’ to left and right respectively, circumscribed ‘SOUVENIR DE LA 1 COMMUNION DU PRINCE IMPERIAL; diameter 13.24mm (0.52 inch); without ribbon. The medal was issued to commemorate the first communion of the Prince Imperial at the Chapelle des Tuileries, Paris, on 7 May 1868.
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