429, Lot: 410. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. Group of 10 Bronzed Lead Uniface Cliché Medals in Special Presentation Case. By Andrieu. Manufactured circa 1810 or slightly later. A set of ten bronzed uniface cliché medals of varying sizes showing eight obverses and two reverses depicting various personalities and scenes from the French Revolution to Premier Empire, the entire set mounted into two specially prepared and velvet lined trays, with each medal covered by glass; all within a wooden presentation box in the form of a leather bound volume. Overall dimension of case: 270x357x50mm. Group includes the following:

(First tray)

1) Bust of Josephine right. Size: 65mm

2) Bare head of Napoléon right, set on tableau with flags on either side. Size: 65mm.

3) Laureate half-length bust of Napoléon right. Size: 65mm

4) Siege of the Bastille. Size: 85mm.

5) Return of Louis XVI to Paris. Size: 85mm

6) Bust of Marie Louise right. Size: 65mm.

7) Laureate head of Napoléon left. Size: 65mm.

8) Napoleon crossing the Alps. Size: 65mm.

(Second tray)

1) Conjoined busts of Marie Louise and Napoléon left. Size: 140mm

2) Laureate head of Napoléon left. Size: 140mm.. See Bramsen passim (for types). Medals EF, some with marks, glass covers for medals are either loose or missing. Spine and one cover of case with significant loss of leather.