France, Kingdom (restored), temp. Louis Philippe I. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the completion of the Arc de Triomphe. 1836. Dies by Montagny. NAPOLEON LE GRAND, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial garb with ruff; MONTAGNY to lower left / A L'ARMÉE FRANÇAISE, the Arc de Triomphe, star above; HAUTEUR 152 P ... 3 P in exergue. Bramsen -, cf. 1959 for obverse and 1954 for reverse. 9.79g, 26mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine; planchet flaw. Extremely Rare.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.