287, Lot: 770. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lot of two (2) French medals. Includes: a) Restoration of an equestian statue of Henri IV. By Andrieu. Dated 1817 in Roman numerals // b) Henrri, Duc de Bordeaux. By Dubois. Dated 1827.. EF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS.

Ex Michael Hall Collection (Part III, Baldwin’s 67, 28 September 2010), lot 2195 (part of).

When Henri was born seven months after the murder of his father, the French monarchists heralded it as a miracle (even coining Henri "the miracle child"). Following the abdication of his grandfather Charles X and shortly later the Dauphin Louis Antoine, the young Henri was to succeed to the throne. Yet Louis-Philippe ignored this plan and, seven days later, was himself chosen by the National Assembly. The Comte left France in exile. In the following years, he maintained contact with his Legitimist supporters. Henri would come close to the throne again following the disaster at Sedan in 1870. However, this plan was stymied by the noble’s obstinate insistence that the nation abandon the Tricolour. Third Republic remained in power and Henri died in exile.