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Medal - Seizing of the steamboat Le Vautours
| Location | France |
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| Year | 1848 |
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| Weight | 21.82 g |
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| Obverse description | Broadside view of the paddle-wheel steamboat Le Vautour rendered in fine relief, depicted underway on water with birds in flight above to the left. A banner on the vessel bears the legend SAISI AU PROFIT DE LA REPUBLIQUE, and a circular cartouche at the paddle-box reads LE VAUTOUR. The name VAUTOURS arcs along the upper legend in large raised letters. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | LE BATEAU A VAPEUR LE VAUTOUR PORTEUR DUNE FLAMME BLANCHE A SON ARRIVEE AU PORT EST SAISI PAR NOUS PEUPLE DE LYON ET PAR LE CITOYEN E. ARAGO AU NOM DE LA REPUBLIQUE 29 MARS 1848. (Translation: The steamboat `Vautour` carrying a white pennant on her arrival in port is seized by us the people of Lyon and by the citizen E. Arago in the name of the Republic 29 March 1848.) |
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