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

FRANCE, Paix d’Amiens [Treaty of Amiens], 1802, a copper medal by R. Dumarest, laureate bust of Napoléon left, rev. Napoléon standing naked in imitation of Mars, holding a statue of Victory and offering an olive-branch to a semi-naked female representing England who rests her back against a lion, 50mm, 63.82g (Bramsen 195; CGMP p.35; BDM I, 644; Pax 719; Slg. Julius 1053; cf. BSJ 1, 188). Trifling rim nicks, otherwise about extremely fine £80-£100

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

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Under the terms of the treaty, signed by Joseph Bonaparte and Marquis Cornwallis on 25 March 1802, Britain recognised the French Republic but, increasingly angered by Napoleon's subsequent re-ordering of the international system in Western Europe, declared war on France in May 1803.