France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the breaking of camp at Boulogne and the crossing of the Rhine. Dually dated 24 August and 25 September 1805. Dies by Andrieu and Brenet; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI., laureate head to right; ANDRIEU F. on neck truncation / L'EMPEREUR COMMANDE LA GRANDE ARMÉE, eagle standing to right, head to left, before sceptre resting across draped pulvinar, thunderbolt above; LEVÉE DU CAMP DE BOULOGNE LE XXIV. AOUT MDCCCV. PASSAGE DU RHIN LE XXV SEPBRE. MDCCCV in four lines in exergue, BRENET. F. on ground line to left and DENON. D. to right. Bramsen 430. 38.89g, 40mm, 12h.
Fleur De Coin.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 103, 14 September 2016, lot 1121 (part of).