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FRANCE. Column of the Grand Army Bronze Medal, 1805. Paris Mint. Napoleon I. CHOICE MINT STATE.
40 mm; 37.87 gms. Bramsen-463; Julius-1482; d'Essling-1118; Zeitz-71. The Column of the Grand Army (Colonne de la grande Armee) in Wimille. By Andrieu, Denon & Brenet. Obverse: Laureate head right; Reverse: View of the column between flanking pavilions. Edge: Plain. Rich chocolate brown surfaces, with an alluring underlying luster and cartwheel radiance.
40 mm; 37.87 gms. Bramsen-463; Julius-1482; d'Essling-1118; Zeitz-71. The Column of the Grand Army (Colonne de la grande Armee) in Wimille. By Andrieu, Denon & Brenet. Obverse: Laureate head right; Reverse: View of the column between flanking pavilions. Edge: Plain. Rich chocolate brown surfaces, with an alluring underlying luster and cartwheel radiance.
Continuing the display of captured ancient and renaissance treasures from Italy, a problem was encountered when massive works, such as the Arch of Septimius Severus and Column of Trajan, could not be transported to France. A solution was found simply by re-creating these monuments, the former being represented by the Arc de Triomphe and the latter, the subject of this medal, by the Column of the Grand Army.
Estimate: $250.00- $350.00