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Auction XXIV  28 Mar 2022
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Lot 1914

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Great Britain, Hanover, temp. George IV. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the life and death of Napoléon. Birmingham mint, last date given 1821. Dies by Thomason and Jones. DIED 5 MAY BURIED IN RUPERTS VALLET ST. HELENA 9 1821, bust to right, NAPOLEON to right, EMPEROR to left, all within wreath; THOMASON & JONES. D below / BORN 15 AUG. 1769. GEN. AT THE SIEGE OF TOULON 1793. COMMANDED THE ARMY OF ITALY 1796. BATT OF LODI: CASTIGLIONI & ARCOLA 1796. SAILED FOR EGYPT 20 MAY 1798. RET. 7 OCT. 1799. DISOLVED THE CONVENTIONAL GOV. 9 NOV. 1799. DECLARED FIRST CONSUL 10 NOV. 1799. PASSED MT ST BERNARD 15 MAR. BATT OF MARANGO 16 JUNE 1800, THE CICALPINE REPUBLIC PLACED UNDER HIS GOV. 26 JAN. 1802. THE LEGION OF HONOR INSTITUTED 15 MAY 1802. DECLARED CONSUL FOR LIFE 2. AUG. 1802. CONQUERED HANOVER 5 JUNE 1803. DECLARED EMPEROR 18 MAY. CROWNED BY THE POPE 19 NOV. 1804. DELCARED KING OF ITALY 26 MAI 1805 CAPTURED MACKS ARMY AT ULM 20 OCT. ENTERED VIENNA 13 NOV. 1805. BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ 2 DEC. 1805. CONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE PUBLISHED 27 JULY 1806. BATTLE OF JENA 14 OCT. ENTERED BERLIN 27 OCT. 1806. SURRENDER OF MADRID 4 DEC. 1808. ENT VIENNA 10 MAY. BATT. OF ESLING 22 MAY & OF WAGRAM 6 JULY 1809. MARRIED M. LOUISA DAUGHTER OF THE EMP. FRANCIS II. MAR. 11, 1810. HOLLAND & THE HANSE TOWNS ANNEXED TO THE FR. EMP. 9 JULY 1810. KING OF ROME BORN 20 AUG. 1811. ENT MOSCOW 14 SEP. EVACUATED IT 22 OCT. RET. TO PARIS 18 DEC. 1812. BATTLE OF LEIPSIG 18 OCT. 1812. ALLIES PASSED THE RHINE 4 JAN. & ENT. PARIS 31 MAR. 1814. ABDICATED THE THRONE OF FRANCE 11 AP. 1814 DECLARED EMP. OF ELBA BY THE ALLIES 11 AP. 1814. ARRIVED AT ELBA 8 MAY 1814. RET. TO FRANCE 1 MAR. ENT. PARIS. 20 MAR 1815. BATTLE OF WATERLOO 18 JUNE 1815. ABDICATED IN FAVOUR OF HIS SON 22 JUNE 1815. SURREND. HIMSELF TO ENG. 18 JULY 1815. SENT TO S. HELENA 7 AUG. 1815. ARRIVED AT S. HELENA 15 OCT. 1815. (sic) in 36 lines across fields. Bramsen 1851. 71.87g, 54mm, 12h.

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From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica - Numismatica Varesi, Auction 115, 28 May 2019, lot 2285.
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