Watch List notes:

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, France, Napoleon, Attempt on his Life, Copper Medal, Year 9 (1800), by H Auguste, uniformed bust left, AMOUR DU PEUPLE FRANÇAIS ..., rev legend in ten lines, LES CITOYENS VOLENT ..., 50mm (Brm 76; Julius 857; Ess 861). Extremely fine.
The assassination attempt took place in the Rue Saint-Nicaise on Christmas Eve, 1800, when a massive bomb, the machine infernale, exploded near Napoleon's carriage as he went to the opening night of Haydn's opera Creation.

Estimate: £80-120