FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. Æ Medal (40.5mm, 38.45 g, 12h). On the Battle of Borodino, 7 September 1812. By Andrieu and Jeuffroy. Denon, director. Dated 1812 (in Roman numerals).

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FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. Æ Medal (40.5mm, 38.45 g, 12h). On the Battle of Borodino, 7 September 1812. By Andrieu and Jeuffroy. Denon, director. Dated 1812 (in Roman numerals). NAPOLEON EMP. ET. ROI., laureate head right / French Hussar on horeseback right, cutting down Russian foot soldiers; BATAILLE DE LA MOSKOWA/VII SEPTEMBRE/MDCCCXII. in three lines in exergue. Bramsen 1162. Red-brown patina, minor marks and deposits. Superb 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 13:32:40 ET.

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