Overall: 29cm (11.5in) x 39cm (15.5in)
Engraved St Helena award document to Jean Templer, ‘Soldat au 8eme de Ligne’, together with a bronze St. Helena Medal. Framed and glazed.
The St. Helena medal was issued to veterans of the Grande Armée under the direction of Napoleon III, the obverse shows the bust of Emperor Napoleon I. The reverse inscribed ‘Campagnes de 1792 a 1815. A Ses Compagnons de Gloire sa Derniere Pensee Ste. Helene 5 Mai 1821’. The designer was Albert-Désiré Barre, and his mark (an anchor) is below the bust.