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Auction XXIV  28 Mar 2022
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Lot 1657

Estimate: 500 GBP
Price realized: 700 GBP
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France, First Republic. Napoléon Bonaparte, as Premier Consul, AR Medal. Commemorating the Battle of Marengo and the Command of Napoléon. Dated 25 & 26 Prairial L'An 8 = 14 & 15 June 1880. Dies by Brenet and Auguste. BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REP. FRANÇE., bust to left, wearing military uniform, BRENET on truncation; BATAILLE DE MARENGO 25 ET 26 PRAIRIAL AN 8, in three lines in exergue, H. AUGUSTE below to right; all within wreath / LE PREMIER CONSUL COMMANDANT L'ARMÉE DE RESÉRVE EN PERSONNE : ENFANS RAPPELLEZ-VOUS QUE MON HABITUDE EST DE COUCHER SUR LE CHAMP DE BATAILLE in nine lines. Bramsen 38. 63.05g, 50mm, 12h.

Fleur De Coin; some strong golden iridescence. Very Rare in silver.

From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Ex ANPB Collection of Napoleonic Medals, Numismatica Ars Classica - Numismatica Varesi, Auction 115, 28 May 2019, lot 1214 (old collection ticket included).
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