France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the encampment at Boulogne and the planned invasion of England. Dually dated 1804 and L'An 12 = 1804. Dies by Droz; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMPEREUR, laureate head to right; J. P. DROZ F. below / EN L'AN XII 2000 BARQUES SONT CONSTRUITES., Hercules subduing the lion of England; DENON DIREXIT. 1804. in two lines in exergue. Bramsen 320. 37.63g, 40mm, 12h.
Mint State.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.