World Medals, France, Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte, Queen Consort of Holland, small gold restrike complimentary medal, 1808, by B. Andrieu, laureate bust right, rev. emblems of the arts, including a painting on easel, pallets, brushes and book of "Romances", 22.75mm; total wt. 8.49gms (Br 767; Julius 1969-70), 20th cent., edge stamped 1 OR, with suspension loop and ring, struck with a matt surface, extremely fine
Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte, Queen Consort of Holland, was both the stepdaughter and sister-in-law of Napoleon (daughter of the Empress Josephine, wife of Louis Napoleon), and mother of Napoleon III.
(150-200 GBP)