Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
October 2014 Baltimore Auction - Sess. C & D 4 November 2014
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FRANCE. Transition of Napoleon's Remains to the Chapel of Saint Louis des Invalides Gilt Bronze Medal, 1830 (Struck ca. 1840).
52.58 mm; 57.17 gms. Collignon-1233; Bramsen-1986. By Jean Pierre Montagny. Laureate head of Napoleon right; legend around; Reverse: Flag draped casket borne by three pallbearers at right ascending staircase towards standing France with Thanatos behind, France lifts garland, palm frond and olive branch towards figure of Napoleon riding eagle right in sky among rays and clouds. In plush lined lacquered case. A few scattered spots on gilding loss on obverse and edge. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED.
52.58 mm; 57.17 gms. Collignon-1233; Bramsen-1986. By Jean Pierre Montagny. Laureate head of Napoleon right; legend around; Reverse: Flag draped casket borne by three pallbearers at right ascending staircase towards standing France with Thanatos behind, France lifts garland, palm frond and olive branch towards figure of Napoleon riding eagle right in sky among rays and clouds. In plush lined lacquered case. A few scattered spots on gilding loss on obverse and edge. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED.