France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the French Army crossing the Vistula. Dated 1807. Dies by Andrieu and Brenet; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMP. ET. ROI., laureate head to right, ANDRIEU F. on truncation / Personification of the Vistula reclining to left among rocks, holding rudder, with aquila in background; DENON • D to left, BRENET • F below, SIGNIS VLTRA VISTVLAM CONSTITVTIS. MDCCCVII. in three lines in exergue. Bramsen 620. 39.37g, 40mm, 12h.
Mint State.
The R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.