France, First Empire. Napoléon I AR Medal. Commemorating the entry of Marshal Ney into Innsbruck and the return of the flags. Dated 16 Brumaire L'An XIV = 7 November 1805, obverse die dated 1806. Dies by Droz and Brenet; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI., laureate head to right; DROZ FECIT on neck truncation, DENON DIREXT MDCCCVI in two lines below / Napoléon, wearing Roman military uniform, standing to left, holding Victory on globe and vexillum; LES AUTRICHIENS VAINCUS in three lines in left field, LES DRAPEAUX FRANÇAIS REPRIS in three lines in right field, BRENET F. on groundline to left, DENON D. to right; INSPRUCK LE XVI BRUM.RE AN XIV. MDCCCV in two lines in exergue. Bramsen 442. 34.49g, 40mm, 12h.
Mint State; highly lustrous. 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 1396.