The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

FRANCE, Bataille de Marengo, Mort du Général Desaix, AN 8 [1800], a copper medal by N.G.A. Brenet and H. Auguste, bust of Desaix right within wreath, rev. legend in seven lines, 50mm, 58.71g (Bramsen 44; BDM I, 88; Slg. Julius 807; cf. Leu e27, 2772; cf. DNW 178, 673). About extremely fine, dusty appearance £50-£70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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C.C. Jones Collection, St James’s Auction 19, 3 October 2011, lot 1041

Louis Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux (1768-1800) had served on the Rhine and distinguished himself in the Egyptian campaign; he was killed by a musket ball on the verge of the battle of Marengo being won on 14 June 1800.