France, Kingdom (restored), temp. Louis Philippe I. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the transfer of Napoléon's remains to the Invalides. Dated 1840. Dies by Caunois. NAPOLEON EMPEREUR ET ROI., laureate head to left; CAUNOIS F. below / IL FUT GRAND COMME LE MONDE., sarcophagus; CAUNOIS F. on ground line to left, ARRIVE A PARIS 1840 in two lines in exergue. Bramsen 1984. 9.23g, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; scratches on obverse.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.