444, Lot: 557. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. Æ Medal (40mm, 38.89 g, 12h). Orphans of the Légion d’Honneur. By Andrieu and Depaulis. Denon, director. Dated 1810 (in Roman numerals). NAPOLEON EMP. ET. ROI., laureate head right / Orphan seated right in front of grave, holding book in lap; above, branch decorated with wreath; in background to right, basked with sewing supplies; in exergue, ORPHELINES DE LA LÉGION/ D’HONNEUR/ MDCCCX. Bramsen 980. EF, brown surfaces with iridescent toning.