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Auction: 5014 - The Coinex Sale
Lot: 747

x France, a nineteenth century cylindrical red leather case, 15 cm. long x 5 cm. diameter, with gilt arms of Napoleon on the lid, brass hinges and two brass hook and eye clasps, lined with green baize, the base divided into twenty slots containing twenty bronze medals, 40 mm. diameter, commemorating events in the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte; medals with uniform obverses by Jean-Pierre Droz, reverses variously by Bertrand Andrieu, N.G.A.Brenet, Andre Galle, Louis Jaley and Romain Jeuffroy. The series directed by Dominique Vivant Denon (1747-1825), director of Paris museums and mint (1804-15): Breaking of the camp at Boulogne and the crossing of the Rhine 1805 (Bramsen 430, Julius collection 1407); Napoleon´s address to the army on the bridge over the Lech 1805 (Br.432, J.1411); Capitulation of Ulm and Memmingen 1805 (Br.433, J.1414); Entry of Marshal Ney into Innsbruck 1805 (Br.442, J.1435); Capture of Vienna and Pressburg 1805 (Br.443, J.1439); Meeting of Napoleon and Francis II at Urschütz 1805 (Br.452, J.1456); Peace of Pressburg 1805 (Br.455, J.1463); Return of Venice to Italy 1805 (Br.460, J.1472); Te Deum in St Stephen´s cathedral at Vienna 1805 (Br 461, J.1476); Conquest of Istria 1806 (Br.512, J.1547); Conquest of Dalmatia 1806 (Br.513, J.1547); Conquest of Naples 1806 (Br.516, J.1557); Marriage of the Prince of Baden 1806 (Br.522, J.1566); Confederation of the Rhine 1806 (Br.534, J.1587); Battle of Jena 1806 (Br.537, J.1594); Battle of Jena 1806 (Br.538, J.1596); Entry into Berlin 1806 (Br.546, J.1608); Capitulation of four Prussian fortresses 1806 (Br.548, J.1616); L´Arc de Triomphe de Carrousel 1806 (Br.557, J.1631); Battle of Moscow 1812 (Br.1162, J.2528); the case a little shabby and lacking one end of the lid, some medals showing slight signs of verdigris but generally extremely fine and an attractive set, rare (20) Estimate £ 600-800

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