COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, France, Napoleon, National Column in the Place Vendôme, Laying the Foundation Stone, Copper Medal, 1800, by B Duvivier, bust right above four line legend, rev legend in seven lines and above, 55.5mm (Br 61; Julius 835; Ess 846). Better than very fine, a little spotted, edge bruise at 5 o'clock.
The first stone of the National Column was laid by Lucien Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon and president of the Council of Five Hundred.
Estimate: £100-150