ALGÉRIE - ALGERIA Second Empire / Napoleon III (1852-1870). Medal, Voyage de Napoléon III en Algérie, by Merley 1865 (reprinted after 1880), Paris. Av. NAPOLEON III - EMPEROR. Head of Napoleon III on the left; below, signature L. MERLEY F. Rv. VOYAGE. DE. NAPOLEON. III. IN. ALGERIA. MAY-JUNE. 1865. In front of the tents of a French camp, the Emperor on the left, accompanied by three officers, receives a group of natives who have come to ask for his clemency. Signature L. MERLEY. F. At the exergue: L'EMPEREUR ACCORDDE A LA TRIBU DES FLITTAS LA GRÂCE DES ARABES INTERNÉS EN FRANCE. Ruedas 35 - Esc.44 - Divo 504 ; Bronze - 232,05 g - 75 mm - 12 h From the Pierre-René Bauquis collection. Hallmarks (horn) BRONZE: refrappe after 1880. With a golden colour and a slight patina. Superb at Fleur de coin. With the French military presence, the Flittas tribe in the south of Oranais revolted in 1864. Repression was severe and the leaders were interned in Corte. During the Emperor's journey in May 1865, as he gazed out over the Mina plain, members of the Flittas tribe surrounded his carriage and begged for the internees to be pardoned, which they were granted.