LOT 3554
France. Hundred Days, Napoléon I AE Medal. Dated 26 February and March 1815 (in Roman numerals). Paris mint. Commemorative issue of Return of Napoléon I to Paris. Dies by Andrieu and Brenet. Denon, director.
Napoléon I standing to left presenting himself to the people and the army represented by a soldier and a civilian who welcome him; RETOUR DE L'EMPEREUR MARS MDCCCXV. in exergue; DENON DIR. to left, ANDRIEU F. to right / Crowned eagle flying across the sea, clutching medal in beak; XXVI. FEVRIER MDCCCXV. BREN.F. and DEN.D. in exergue. Bramsen 1591. (NGC graded MS 63 BN (#6355110-003).).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
FootnotesThis event marked the beginning of the 'Hundred Days', the period of the War of the Seventh Coalition, and concluded with the infamous Battle of Waterloo.
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France. Louis XVIII AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1821 but struck later. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of death of Napoléon I on St Helena. Dies by B. Andrieu.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right within wreath of alternating laurel and oak leaves, wrapped with a ribbon on which RIVOLI PYRAMIDES MARENGO LUNÉVILLE AMIENS CODES LEG. ON • D'HON AUSTERLITZ JENA TILSIT SIMPLON WAGRAM is inscribed / IL MOURUT SUR UN ROCHER., view of the island of Saint Helena in the middle of the sea, with ship on each side and the setting sun in the background, above, eagle is flying to right, head to left, carrying palm branch; ÎLE STE. HELENE. 5 MAI 1821. in two lines in exergue. Cf. Collignon 1564; cf. Bramsen 1844; cf. Julius 3715. 153gr, 68mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
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France. Time of Louis Philippe I AE Medal. Dated 1830 (but struck circa 1840). Paris mint. Commemorative issue of return of Napoléon's I coffin to Paris. Designs by Jean-Pierre Montagny.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
HIST. DE LA REVOLUTION. DE L'EMPIRE DE LA RESTAURATION ET DE LA MON. DE 1830., laureate head to right; PUBLIÉ PAR POURRAT FRÈRES A PARIS. in two lines below / The arrival of Napoléon I's ashes at Les Invalides: Soldiers, bearing the coffin of Napoléon, mounting stairs to right to platform strewn with wreathes upon which stands France left, holding sceptre, garland, palm fronds and olive branch; behind, Genius stands facing, head to left, holding reversed torch, wreath, and tablet decorated with monogram of Napoleon and set on cippus decorated with winged hour glass; garlanded ground line below; in background to left, Hardouin-Mansart's Dome of Les Invalides, to right, the Belle Poule (the frigate that brought Napoléon's remains back from Saint Helena); above, Napoléon on eagle with radiance behind; MONTAGNY FECIT. below. Collignon 1233; Bramsen 1986. 78gr, 52mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
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Group of Six [6] AE Space Flight Medals. 19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: six bronze medals commemorating maiden space flights, and one Shuttle Crew Emblem medal. 215gr total.
UNC.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
