France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the completion of the Simplon Road. Dated 1807. Dies by Andrieu and Brenet. NAPOLEON EMP. ET. ROI., laureate head to right; ANDRIEU F. on neck truncation / Simplon as old man of colossal size, seated facing, legs crossed, in mountain pass through which winds a baggage train; 1807 on side of cliff, BR inscribed to lower left, SIMPLON in exergue. Bramsen 688. 38.66g, 41mm, 12h.
Fleur De Coin. Rare.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.