Item #67406 : Original era manufacture. The first French campaign medal, created in 1857 by Napoleon III to honor those surviving veterans of the Napoleonic Wars who served between 1792 and 1815. It is believed over 405,000 veterans received this award at the time. Original medal with a dark bronze patina, with its correct ribbon faded from time. The original document is named to Louis Schafferd, with an issue number of 870 written at the bottom. The period postcard image shown below is not of Schafferd, however it illustrates the importance and honor the Saint Helena medal conveyed to the surviving veterans of the Wars of Napoleon. Here being worn by the last surviving veteran of Waterloo, Victor Baillot, taken in 1897 when he was 105 years old. The Saint Helena Medal can be clearly be seen on the lapel of his coat. The postcard is not included in the price.