MÉDAILLE DE SAINTE-HÉLÈNE, instituted in 1857 Gilt bronze. A period ribbon with a large N-shaped bar under a pearled crown, in the form of a half-round hump, in gilt bronze. 50 x 30 mm T.T.B. Source : Former Napoleonic collection of the Prince's Palace of Monaco (1st sale, lot 111) A Saint Helene's medal, established in 1857, in gilded bronze Commentary: The Saint Helena medal was instituted by decree of Napoleon III on 12 August 1857, under the Second Empire. It was dedicated to Napoleon I's "companions in glory" in the "campaigns of 1792 to 1815" and was one of the first French commemorative medals.