Description: 1811-NAPOLEON BONAPARTE - PATINATED SILVER MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE BAPTISM OF HIS SON: NAPOLEON FRANÇOIS JOSEPH - CHARLES- ROI DE ROME(KING OF ROME)THE MEDAL IS A LATE 19TH -EARLY 20TH CENTURY STRIKE (PRIVY MARK:CORNUCOPIA+2ARGENT)-AFTER 1880. A SIMILAR MEDAL SOLD THIS YEAR AT " SPINK AUCTIONS " WAS DESCRIBED AS: STRUCK OF 900 SILVER IN CIRCA 1920. OBVERSE: Laureate head left.REVERSE: Napoléon standing left, holding his infant son aloft with both arms; to left, palm frond, ewer, and box set atop circular table on beside which rests a bible; to right, chair decorated with winged lions. THE PATINATED SILVER MEDAL IS 68 MM. IN DIAMETER AND WEIGHS 168.83 GR.ENGRAVER:BERTRAND ANDRIEUREF:Bramsen 1126 THE MEDAL IS IN VIRTUALLY MINT CONDITION AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTOS. THE EARLY 1811 MEDAL STRIKE IN SILVER IS EXTREMELY RARE AND VERY EXPENSIVE AND THE LATER STRIKES IN SILVER ARE ALSO RARE AND SOUGHT AFTER.
Price: 499.99 GBP
Location: London
End Time: 2024-10-30T17:47:37.000Z
Shipping Cost: 12.95 GBP
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Composition: Silver
Period: 19th Century
Region: European
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
