France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Celebrating the entry of Napoléon into Moscow. Dated 14 September 1812. Dies by Andrieu and Brenet; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMP. ET. ROI., laureate head to right; ANDRIEU F. on neck truncation / ENTRÉE A MOSCOU, view of the Kremlin; BR. F to left, DE. D to right; XIV. SEPTEMBRE MDCCCXII in two lines in exergue. Bramsen 1164. 38.65g, 41mm, 12h.
Mint State; wonderfully intricate architectural type.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.