LOUIS XVIII - MEDAL OF BIRTH on September 21, 1819 of Louise Marie Thérèse d'ARTOIS granddaughter of FRANCE, princess of the Royal House of Bourbon, born at the Élysée Palace (*) - rare model in gilded copper, 18.5 mm, 2.78 grams, bust of the baby, profile to the right wearing a pearl necklace, captioned around the edge - engraving by Caquet - On reverse: on 7 lines, no border "Like her august mother, she is the protector of orphans and the poor". (*) Granddaughter of King Louis XVIII, daughter of Charles Ferdinand d'Artois Duc de Berry and Caroline of Naples and Two Sicilies - died in Venice on February 1, 1864

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