Summary

Medal Napoléon s'embarque à Rochefort, 'Napoleon Embarks at Rochefort', Issued by France, 1815
Artist: Amedee Durand
Mint not recorded

Obverse Description

Warrior standing on vessel with arms folded, his helmet and sword hung on the stern; in field right, a trident; around, FATIS PERSECUTUS NEAPOLIO. NEPTUNI HOSPES

Reverse Description

Legend in five lines: NAPOLEON / SEMBARQUE / A ROCHEFORT / LE VIII JUILLET / MDCCCXV.

Edge Description

Plain

Significance

Napoleon's arrived in Rochefort on July 3rd 1815 and stayed until 8th July when he tried to embark on a small boat for the Isle of Aix. However, the winds proved too strong so Napoleon boarded the Saale , one of the French ships being blockaded by the Royal Navy. On 15 July he surrended to the British on one of the blockading ships, the Bellerophon.

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