Watch List notes:

France, First Republic. Napoléon Bonaparte, as Premier Consul, with Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, as second Consul, Charles-François Lebrun, as third Consul, and Lucien Bonaparte, as Minister of the Interior, Æ Medal. Commemorating the erection of the column honouring the war dead of the Department of Rhône. Dually dated 25 Messidor L'An 8 = 14 July 1800 and 29 Ventose L'An 8 = 20 March 1800. Dies by Mercié. Victory flying over Earth to right, playing trumpet draped with banner reading AUX BRAVES DU DEP. DU RHONE in four lines; PREFET VERNINAC 25 MESS · AN 8 in two lines in exergue, merci inscribed to lower right above Earth / IL SERA ELEVE DANS CHAQUE DEPAR. UNE COLOÑE A LA MEM. DES BRAVES DU DEP MORTS POUR LA DEF. DE LA PATRIE & DE LA LIB. ARR. DU 29 VSE. AN 8 DE LA REPUBE. CONSULS BONAPARTE CAMBACERES LEBRUN MINISTRE DE L'INTER. LU. BONAPARTE in eleven lines. Bramsen 67. 11.04g, 34mm, 12h.

Near Mint State.

From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.