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prize medal, Hubert Ponscarme, 1867, minted, General: 5 x 0.4cm (50 x 4mm), Weight: 65.3g, man's portrait, Silver prize medal at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1867 for the company J. Scheltema Jzn. On the front is a left-facing portrait of Emperor Napoleon III with mustache and chin beard and on the head a laurel wreath. Around the portrait the circular: NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR. Below the neck in very small letters the name of the maker: H. PONSCARME F .. On the back outside a double circle with a pearl edge the circular: EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE MDCCCLXVII A PARIS RECOMPENSÉ S. In the middle the inscription: J. SCHELTEMA FILS, 2000