France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Memorialising the monument to Desaix at Mont Saint-Bernard. Dually dated 25 Prairial L'An XIII and 14 June 1805. Dies by Droz; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMPEREUR., laureate head to left; DENON D. DROZ F. in two lines below / LE XXV. PRAIRIAL AN XIII. XIV. JUIN MDCCCV. NAPOLEON POSE LA IERE. PIERRE DU TOMBEAU DE DESAIX AU MONT ST. BERNARD. in six lines within wreath composed of olive branch to left and laurel branch to right. Bramsen 427. 9.30g, 26mm, 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.