France, Second Empire. A Commemorative Medal of the Mexican Expedition Newly Listed 5 mm (h) and collar

5 mm (h) and collar badges measuring 27 mm (h) x 18

trimmed on the edge with repeating clusters of oak leaves and acorns

Instituted 1815 by Prince Regent George (later King George III)

he registered for the draft in his old home town of Biddeford on June 8

The army equivalent of this rank would be sergeant

France, Second Empire. A Commemorative Medal of the Mexican Expedition Newly Listed 5 mm (h) and collar(Mdaille commmorative de l'expdition du Mexique). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with bar, consisting of a double sided circular laurel leaf wreath wrapped in ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Emperor Napoleon III, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central battle names of CUMBRES CERRO BORREGO SAN LORENZO PUEBLA MEXICO, circumscribed by an inscription