$20.00 CAD
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Small souvenir medal commemorating the historic visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to Paris in August 1855.
On front:
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in profile
On back
Condition is worn.
Diameter 2.3 cm
In August 1855, Queen Victoria made a historic State Visit to Paris, the first time a British monarch had visited the French capital in over 400 years. Just 40 years after the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo, France and Britain had entered a military alliance against Russia in the Crimean War. The Queen's visit to Paris was to celebrate this remarkable turnaround in Anglo-French relations, but also marked a close personal friendship between Queen Victoria and the French Emperor Napoleon III.
