FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. Æ Medal (41mm, 38.89 g, 12h). Marriage of Stéphanie de Beauharnais to Karl, Großherzog von Baden. By Andrieu. Denon, director. Dated 1806 (in Roman numerals). NAPOLEON EMP. ET. ROI., laureate head right / Stephanie, standing right, and Karl, standing left, clasping hands; radiant N above; to left, STÉPHANIE NAPOLÉON, to right, C. F. LOUIS DE BADE; in exergue, ALLIANCE/ MDCCCCVI. Bramsen 522. Brown surfaces, minor deposits. EF.
From the David J. Fleischmann Collection.