FRANCE Medal Set 1815 Original BOXED SET OF NAPOLEON MEDALS by Bertrand Andrieu

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Napoleon Medals 1815. This set of medals, encased in a false book, was made for the British market after the fall of Napoleon.

ANDRIEU, Bertrand: France, ca.1815, Wooden Box, 29x37 cm
All Lead-filled bronze cliché medals are in absolute UNCIRCULATED condition



10 one-sided medals with glass protective domes (1 missing) of Napoleon in a full green leather gilt-tooled velvet-lined binding. The exteriors are worn and rubbed. All relief cast and marked 'ANDRIEU F.' or 'ANDRIEU FECIT', comprising :
- two large medallions (140 mm), glazed: one depicting a sinister profile bust of Emperor Napoleon; the other sinister portrait busts of Emperor Napoleon and Empress Marie-Louise.
- two medium-sized medallions (86 mm), glazed:
'SIEGE DE LA BASTILLE PRISE PAR LES CITOYENS DE LA VILLE DE PARIS LE 14 JUET 1789 No.1'; and 'ARRIVE DU ROI A PARIS LE 6 OCTOBRE 1789 No.2'
- six small (68 mm) medallions: 'BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRAN BATALLIE DE MARINGO LE XXV PRAIRIAL AN VIII AN X' with a dexter profile bust of Emperor Napoleon amidst military trophies above an image of the battle; 'NAPOLEON EMPEREUR' with a dexter profile bust of Napoleon showing ceremonial robes to his upper torso; 'PASSAGE DU BERNARD LE XXV FLOREAL AN VIII' with sinister depiction of Emperor Napoleon on horseback in mountainous terrain; 'JOSEPHINE IMP. ET. REINE' with a dexter profile bust of Empress Josephine; 'MARIE LOUISE IMPERATRICE' with dexter profile bust of Empress Marie Louise; 'NAPOLEON EMP. ET. ROI.' with sinister profile bust of Emperor Napoleon, all unfinished to the reverse.


First Tray:
SIEGE OF THE BASTILLE
ARRIVAL OF THE KING AT PARIS
PASSAGE OF THE GREAT ST. BERNARD
BATTLE OF MARENGO
NAPOLEON, EMPEROR
NAPOLEON, EMPEROR AND KING
JOSEPHINE, EMPRESS AND QUEEN
MARIE LOUISE, IMPERATRICE

Second Tray:
NAPOLEON I
MARRIAGE OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON TO MARIE LOUISE IN PARIS

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