FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. Æ Medal (40.5mm, 37.15 g, 12h). On The Annexation of Liguria to the French Empire. By Andrieu and Brenet. Denon, director. Dated 1805 (in Roman numerals).

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FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. Æ Medal (40.5mm, 37.15 g, 12h). On The Annexation of Liguria to the French Empire. By Andrieu and Brenet. Denon, director. Dated 1805 (in Roman numerals). NAPOLEON EMP. ET. ROI., laureate head right / Napoleon standing right, embracing Liguria, advancing left; to left, eagle standing right, head left; prow of ship to right; LA LIGURIE/RÉUNIE A LA FRANCE/ MDCCCV in three lines in exergue. Bramsen 422. Brown surfaces, some marks. EF.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Baldwin’s, 1965.

This medal was part of the pre-war stock of Baldwin’s, and survived the London blitz deep in the cellars of the firm’s offices on the Embankment.

Closing Date and Time: 23 June 2021 at 13:30:00 ET.

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