Profile of Napoleon III, laurel head, goatee and pointed moustache.
Obverse lettering
NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR
BARRE
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Allegorical figure of the crowned Navy, seated in profile on a cippe, covering four naked children with a veil with her right hand outstretched. Her left hand rests on an upright naval anchor.
Reverse lettering
PUPILLES DE LA MARINE
15 NOV 1862
LE CTE P. DE CHASSELOUP DE LAUBAT MINISTRE DE LA MARINE ET DES
COLONIES.
