France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the erection of the Colonne de la Grande Armée. Dated 1805. Dies by Andrieu and Brenet; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMP. ET. ROI., laureate head to right; ANDRIEU F. on neck truncation / COLONNE DE LA GRANDE ARMÉE, column in the Place Vendôme, two buildings flanking; CAMPAGNE DE MDCCCV. in two lines in exergue, BRENET F. to lower left, DENON D. to lower right. Bramsen 463. 38.23g, 40mm, 12h.
Mint State.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.