| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > February 2024 World CCO Auction | Auction date: 26 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 74467 Price realized: 180 USD (Approx. 166 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: FRANCE. Trio of Napoleonic Medals (3 Pieces), ND (1802-1821). Grade Range: VERY FINE to UNCIRCULATED. 1) Peace of Lunéville Bronze Medal, 1801. Br.-107. By Bertrand Andrieu. Diameter: 42mm. Obverse: Bust of Napoleon, right, perimeter legend, signature on truncation; Reverse: Pax standing, holding laurel branch and cornucopia, perimeter legend at left and right, legend in exergue below, signature at lower left; Edge: Plain. The Treaty ("Peace") of Lunéville ended Austria's participation in the Wars of the Second Coalition and French Revolutionary Wars. Glossy tawny brown surfaces with few distracting marks. UNCIRCULATED. 2) First distribution of the Order of the Legion of Honor, Silver Medal, ND (1915). Br.-310. By Andrieu, Denon, and Jaley. Diameter: 41mm. Obverse: Laureate bust of Napoleon, right, signature below bust; Reverse: Decoration of the Legion of Honor, perimeter legend, signatures below; Edge: Cornucopia and 2ARGENT. Napoleon abolished the orders of chivalry and desired creation of a new order based on merit, applicable to citizens and soldiers. Thus was the Legion of Honor born and the first distribution occurred on 15 July 1804. The edge marking with "2ARGENT" (signifying 0.900 fineness) marks it as a post-World War I re-issue from the Paris mint. Damaged about the entirety of the reverse perimeter, likely by the crimping of a bezel at some point. Otherwise VERY FINE. 3) Death of the Duke of Reichstadt Bronze Medal, "1821"(1832). Br.-1896. By Bauchery. Diameter: 50mm. Obverse: Bust of Napoleon, three-quarter facing right, date of Napoleon's death at lower perimeter, signature at right; Reverse: Uniformed Napoleon, eagle at his feet, welcoming his deceased son into the heavens; clouds around, Napoleon II's date of death below. Napoleon had intended for his son, Napoleon II (later Duke of Reichstadt) to rule after him, but the coalition victors would not acknowledge the succession. He died of tuberculosis at age 21. Lustrous sepia surfaces with few marks. UNCIRCULATED. Estimate: $200 - $300 |  |
