FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. Æ Medal (40.5mm, 34.28 g, 12h). The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel. By Andrieu and Brenet. Denon, director. Dated 1806 (in Roman numerals).

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FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. Æ Medal (40.5mm, 34.28 g, 12h). The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel. By Andrieu and Brenet. Denon, director. Dated 1806 (in Roman numerals). NAPOLEON EMP. ET. ROI., laureate head right / Façade of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel; AUX ARMÉES/ MDCCCVI in two lines in exergue. Bramsen 557. Brown surfaces, minor marks, small spot of corrosion on chin. 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 13:31:20 ET.

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