Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 53 25 Nov 2020
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Foreign Medals, France, Consulate, Napoleon, the translation of Turenne's body, copper medal, Year 8 [1800], by H. Auguste, bust of Turenne l, HONNEURS RENDUS A TURENNE PAR LE GOUVERNEMENT, rev. legend in 9 lines, TRANSLATION/ DU CORPS DE TURENNE/ AU TEMPLE DE MARS/ PAR LES ORDRES DU PREMIER CONSUL/ BONAPARTE..., 50mm (Br. 71, Julius 849), extremely fine
Ex Baldwin's vault.
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne (1611-1675), was revered as France's greatest general before Napoleon and following the de-consecration of the basilica of St-Denis, in 1793, his was the only exhumed corpse to be spared an ignominious re-burial. Napoleon had the corpse moved, in an elaborate public translation, to its present location in the main floor of the Church of the Dome of the Invalides, then the Republican Temple of Mars.
Sold with an old informative ticket with the price of 7/6.
(80-120 GBP)
Ex Baldwin's vault.
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne (1611-1675), was revered as France's greatest general before Napoleon and following the de-consecration of the basilica of St-Denis, in 1793, his was the only exhumed corpse to be spared an ignominious re-burial. Napoleon had the corpse moved, in an elaborate public translation, to its present location in the main floor of the Church of the Dome of the Invalides, then the Republican Temple of Mars.
Sold with an old informative ticket with the price of 7/6.
(80-120 GBP)