France, Napoleon, the arrival of his body at les Invalides, gilt-copper medal, 1840, by J-P. Montagny, for the Pourrat frères, HIST. DE LA REVOLUTION, DE L'EMPIRE..., laur. head r., rev. the figure of Paris greets the coffin on the steps of les Invalides, radiant sunburst above in which Napoleon is std. on the wings of an eagle, on edge: CUIVRE, 52.5mm. (Bramsen 1986; Julius 4003), good extremely fine
The Pourrat frères were primarily Parisian book publishers.
(150-200 GBP)