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2018.182.005
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2018.182
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ID Disk - Cpl Alex Mattatall, 16th Bn
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16th BATTALION CEF, THE CANADIAN SCOTTISH
16e BATAILLON CEF, LE CANADIEN ÉCOSSAIS
ID Disk - Cpl Alex Mattatall, 16th Bn (French coin)
ID Disk (tag) of Alexander Mattatall, 16th Battalion, CEF on a French coin :On the outside: "29118 / ARM. / A. MATTATALL / 16. BATTN." In the centre: "CAN / SCOTTISH / 3.BRIGAD".
The rear (obverse of coin) has the bust of Emperor Napoleon III, BARRE (Jean-Jacques Barre / artist) and the date 1856 on a 5 centimes coin.
Jean-Jacques Barre (3 August 1793 in Paris-10 June 1855 in Paris) was the general engraver at the Monnaie de Paris between 1842 and 1855. In this position, he engraved and designed French medals, the Great Seal of France, bank notes, coins and postage stamps.
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