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Napoléon Bonaparte: Battle of Marengo

Nicolas-Guy-Antoine Brenet (French, 1770–1846)
French
1800
Mint: France

Medium/Technique Metal; bronze
Dimensions Diameter and weight: 50 mm (1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Henry H. Fay
Accession Number13.840
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismaticsMedals

Catalogue Raisonné Bramsen 38.
DescriptionCircular medal of Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821), first consul of France, commemorating the Battle of Marengo.

Obverse: Within a wreath, profile bust of Napoléon looking to proper right; inscribed within wreath "BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REP.FRANCE.", on bust "BRENET", and below "BATAILLE DE MARENGO/25 ET 26 PRAIRIAI/AN 8/[H]. AUGUSTE".

Reverse: Inscribed "LE PREMIER CONSUL/COMMANDANT/L'ARMÉE DE RÉSERVE/EN PERSONNE:/ENFANS/RAPPELLEZ-VOUS/QUE MON HABITUDE EST/DECOUCHER SUR LE CHAMP/DE BATAILLE.".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed within wreath "BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REP.FRANCE.", on bust "BRENET", and below "BATAILLE DE MARENGO/25 ET 26 PRAIRIAI/AN 8/[H]. AUGUSTE".

Reverse: Inscribed "LE PREMIER CONSUL/COMMANDANT/L'ARMÉE DE RÉSERVE/EN PERSONNE:/ENFANS/RAPPELLEZ-VOUS/QUE MON HABITUDE EST/DECOUCHER SUR LE CHAMP/DE BATAILLE.".
ProvenanceBy 1913, Henry H. Fay; 1913, gift of Henry H. Fay to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)