|
FRANCE. 1812 letter to Napoléon I regarding a collection of gold medals for Marie-Louise. With the emperor’s signature. Written in black and red ink on two sides of a folded 19.7x37cm sheet. Folded.
From the DMS Collection, purchased from Ira & Larry Goldberg.
A note from the collector: Years ago, I bought a Napoléon initialed document, a budget request to French emperor Napoléon Bonaparte in April of 1812. The request concerned a series of 108 medals struck in gold, issued in honor of his exploits, to be given by Napoléon to his second wife, Marie-Louise, at a cost of 26, 326 Francs, an amazing sum in those days. Napoléon used medals as propaganda to promote his successes, and a real personality cult developed with devoted collectors of all things Napoléon.
Over the years, I have bought some of the medals in bronze – not gold– and together they make a nice display. These medals were issued under the authority of M. Denon, director of the French mint in Paris, and later the first director of the Louvre Museum, who had first come to Napoléon’s attention during the Egyptian expedition.
The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 121 lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 6-8 October 2022. This lot is in Session Five, which will begin 8 October 2022 at 9 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
|
