France Medal Junction of the Two Seas & Suez Canal 1864
Bronze 40.5 mm; 32.07g.; A/NAPOLEON III - EMPEROR. Awarded head to the left of Napoleon III, below signature CHAPLAIN. R/JUNCTION OF THE TWO SEAS. Allegory between the personified Red Sea on the left and the personified Mediterranean Sea on the right; signature DEPAULIS F; to the highlight: CANAL DE SUEZ/1864.