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

№ 1397

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17 December 2007

Hammer Price:
£200

France, Birth of the King of Rome, 1811, a copper medal by B. Andrieu, conjoined busts of Napoleon and Maria Louisa right, rev. head of infant left, 32mm (Br 1100; d’Essling 1336); Baptism of the King of Rome, 1811, a copper medal by B. Andrieu, 68mm (Br 1125; d’Essling 1360); Departure of the Emperor from St Cloud, 1814, a copper medal by J.-P. Droz and N.G.A. Brenet, 40mm (Br 1333; d’Essling 1434); The March on Paris, 1815, a copper medal by N.G.A. Brenet and B. Andrieu, 40mm (Br 1591; d’Essling 1564) [4]. Very fine and better, but second with rim knock (£50-70)

Provenance:
First
SCMB March 1984 (U72)
Third bt Baldwin