France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Memorialising the monument to Desaix at Mont Saint-Bernard. Dated 24 Prairial L'An 13 = 13 June 1805. Dies by Droz and Brenet; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMPEREUR., laureate head to left; DENON D. DROZ F. in two lines below / NAPOLEON AUX MANES DE DESAIX, monument to Desaix at Mont Saint-Bernard, IERE. PIERRE POSÉE PAR L'EMPEREUR LE XXIV PRAIRE. AN XIII. in three lines in exergue, BRENET. F. DENON. D. across platform of monument. Bramsen 426. 9.21g, 27mm, 12h.
Near Mint State; planchet flaw.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.