France, First Empire. Napoléon I AR Medal. Commemorating the Treaty of Vienna. Dated 1809. Dies by Andrieu; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMP. ET. ROI., laureate head to right; ANDRIEU F. DENON DIRT. in two lines below neck truncation / Napoléon standing facing, head to left, nude but for cloak over shoulder, holding olive branch over altar decorated with eagle and griffin footers on left and setting fire to pile of arms on right; ANDRIEU F. D. D. to left; PAIX DE VIENNE MDCCCIX in two lines in exergue. Bramsen 876. 36.80g, 40mm, 12h.
Mint State; minor edge contact at 11h, attractive golden iridescence. Very Rare.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Ex Eberhard Link Collection, Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 327, 8 October 2019, lot 4211;
Ex Dr. Claus W. Hild, Auction 58, 19 January 1991, lot 983.