Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1636. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, French Invasion of 1812. Napoleon I Bonaparte. 1804-1814. Æ Medal (40mm, 38.04 g, 12h). Commemorating the French retreat from Russia. Andrieu and Galle, engravers; Denon, medal mint director. Dated November 1812. Laureate head right / French warrior, in classical garb, standing right, shielding himself from the wind blown by Boreas; in background, supply wagon and dismounted cannon in flames, and a dead horse. Bramsen 1168. Superb EF, brown surfaces. With NGC ticket graded MS 62 BN.