Foreign Medals, France, Consulate, Napoleon, Premier Consul, laying the foundation stone for the Colonne Vendôme, copper medal, 1800, by Benjamin Duvivier, bust r., BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL - CAMBACÉRÈS SECOND CONSUL/ LEBRUN TROISME CONSUL/ DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE/ FRANÇAISE, rev. LE PEUPLE FRANÇAIS A SES DÉFENSEURS ..., 56.5mm. (Br. 61, Julius 838; d'E. 846; Nocq.263), some slight discolouration, nearly extremely fine
Ex Baldwin's vault.
The column was erected by Napoleon to commemorate the Battle of Austerlitz.
(100-140 GBP)