France, First Empire. Napoléon I AR Medal. Commemorating Napoléon's address to the army on the Pont du Lech. Dated 12 October 1805, obverse die dated 1806. Dies by Droz and Andrieu; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI., laureate head to right; DROZ FECIT on neck truncation, DENON DIREXT MDCCCVI in two lines below / Napoléon riding to right on horseback, raising hand, before soldiers advancing to left and saluting him, all on bridge with river god pouring water from urn into river below; Victory flying to left above, holding palm and crowning Napoléon with wreath; ALLOCUTION L'ARMEE L'ARMÉE FAIT SERMENT DE VIANCRE XII OCTOBRE MDCCCV in three lines in exergue above DENON DIREC. Bramsen 432. 36.55g, 40mm, 12h.
Mint State. Very Rare.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Ex Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft, Auction 78, 11 September 2017, lot 1395.