France, Second Empire. A Commemorative Medal of the Mexico Expedition Newly Listed where the British sloops and

where the British sloops and gunboats were based

constructed of bronze and cream-coloured

The certificate (in Cyrillic) is a decree by the Russian Emperor Nicholas I

obverse depicting a superposed enameled figure of St

France, Second Empire. A Commemorative Medal of the Mexico Expedition Newly Listed where the British sloops and(Mdaille commmorative de l'expdition du Mexique). Instituted in 1863. In silver, the obverse bearing the profile of Emperor Napoleon III surrounded by the relief inscription NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, all within a laurel wreath, the reverse bearing the inscription CUMBRES CERRO BORREGO SAN LORENZO PUEBLA MEXICO surrounded by the relief inscription EXPEDITION DU MEXIQUE 1862 3, hallmarked with an eagle's head on the reverse, 30. 5 mm in diameter, on the