France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the construction of the Mons-Condé Canal. Dated 1813. Dies by Andrieu and Brenet. NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI., laureate head to right; ANDRIEU F. on neck truncation / CANAL DE MONS A CONDÉ, Felicitas seated to right on boat, holding cornucopiae and steering with rudder, belltower of Mons in background to right; BRENET F. to left, LE COMMERCE DU DEPARTEMENT DE JEMMAPE. MDCCCXIII in two lines in exergue. Bramsen 1293. 32.54g, 41mm, 12h.
Fleur De Coin.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire.