Auction Catalogue

17 December 2007

Starting at 1:30 PM

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Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1396

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17 December 2007

Hammer Price:
£190

France, Marriage of Napoleon and Maria Louisa of Austria, 1810, copper medals (2), by B. Andrieu and J.M. Jouannin, conjoined busts right, rev. couple at altar, 41mm (Br 952; d’Essling 1286), and by L. Manfredini, 43mm (Br 961; d’Essling 1294); Obsequies for Marshal Lannes, Duc de Montebello, 1810, a copper medal by A. Galle, 67mm (Br 971; d’Essling 1314); Orphans of the Légion d’Honneur, 1810, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and A.J. Depaulis, 40mm (Br 980; d’Essling 1315) [4]. About extremely fine and better (£90-120)

Provenance:
First and third
SCMB March 1984 (U65, U70)