France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the entry of the French army into Madrid. Dated 4 December 1808. Dies by Andrieu and Brenet; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI., laureate head to right; ANDRIEU F. on neck truncation / PORTE DE ALCALA, facade of the Puerta de Alcalá in Madrid; ENTRÉE DES FRANÇAIS A MADRID LE IV. DECEMBRE MDCCCVIII. in three lines in exergue, BRENET. F. to lower left and DENON. D. to lower right. Bramsen 757. 41.37g, 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.