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FRANCE, Translation aux Invalides du corps de Napoléon [Transfer of Napoléon's body to
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Montagny, Jean-Pierre (French, 1789-1862); b. Saint-Etienne
FRANCE, Translation aux Invalides du corps de Napoléon [Transfer of Napoléon's body to the Invalides], 1840, a copper medal by J.-P. Montagny, laureate bust right, rev. troops ascending a staircase carrying Napoléon’s coffin saluted by a female figure of France, dressed in mourning, offering palm and olive branches, church of Les Invalides in the left background and the Belle Poule in the right background, eagle above, 53mm, 87.58g (Bramsen 1993 obv./1986 rev.; cf. Alexander 176; CGMP p.150; BDM IV, 130; Slg. Julius 4013 obv./4004 rev.; cf. Meister/Sonntag 17, 531; cf. UBS 84, 848). About extremely fine, dark patina, rare £80-£100
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Provenance: Bt H.-D. Rauch July 2004.
Napoléon’s body was exhumed from St Helena in October 1840 and transferred to France on the warship Belle Poule, arriving at Cherbourg on 30 November. Via two other transfers, it arrived at Courbevoie on 14 December and, in front of a huge crowd, was moved to Les Invalides the following day for the funeral
FRANCE, Translation aux Invalides du corps de Napoléon [Transfer of Napoléon's body to the Invalides], 1840, a copper medal by J.-P. Montagny, laureate bust right, rev. troops ascending a staircase carrying Napoléon’s coffin saluted by a female figure of France, dressed in mourning, offering palm and olive branches, church of Les Invalides in the left background and the Belle Poule in the right background, eagle above, 53mm, 87.58g (Bramsen 1993 obv./1986 rev.; cf. Alexander 176; CGMP p.150; BDM IV, 130; Slg. Julius 4013 obv./4004 rev.; cf. Meister/Sonntag 17, 531; cf. UBS 84, 848). About extremely fine, dark patina, rare £80-£100
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Provenance: Bt H.-D. Rauch July 2004.
Napoléon’s body was exhumed from St Helena in October 1840 and transferred to France on the warship Belle Poule, arriving at Cherbourg on 30 November. Via two other transfers, it arrived at Courbevoie on 14 December and, in front of a huge crowd, was moved to Les Invalides the following day for the funeral
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Montagny, Jean-Pierre (French, 1789-1862); b. Saint-Etienne
FRANCE, Translation aux Invalides du corps de Napoléon [Transfer of Napoléon's body to the Invalides], 1840, a copper medal by J.-P. Montagny, laureate bust right, rev. troops ascending a staircase carrying Napoléon’s coffin saluted by a female figure of France, dressed in mourning, offering palm and olive branches, church of Les Invalides in the left background and the Belle Poule in the right background, eagle above, 53mm, 87.58g (Bramsen 1993 obv./1986 rev.; cf. Alexander 176; CGMP p.150; BDM IV, 130; Slg. Julius 4013 obv./4004 rev.; cf. Meister/Sonntag 17, 531; cf. UBS 84, 848). About extremely fine, dark patina, rare £80-£100
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Provenance: Bt H.-D. Rauch July 2004.
Napoléon’s body was exhumed from St Helena in October 1840 and transferred to France on the warship Belle Poule, arriving at Cherbourg on 30 November. Via two other transfers, it arrived at Courbevoie on 14 December and, in front of a huge crowd, was moved to Les Invalides the following day for the funeral
FRANCE, Translation aux Invalides du corps de Napoléon [Transfer of Napoléon's body to the Invalides], 1840, a copper medal by J.-P. Montagny, laureate bust right, rev. troops ascending a staircase carrying Napoléon’s coffin saluted by a female figure of France, dressed in mourning, offering palm and olive branches, church of Les Invalides in the left background and the Belle Poule in the right background, eagle above, 53mm, 87.58g (Bramsen 1993 obv./1986 rev.; cf. Alexander 176; CGMP p.150; BDM IV, 130; Slg. Julius 4013 obv./4004 rev.; cf. Meister/Sonntag 17, 531; cf. UBS 84, 848). About extremely fine, dark patina, rare £80-£100
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Provenance: Bt H.-D. Rauch July 2004.
Napoléon’s body was exhumed from St Helena in October 1840 and transferred to France on the warship Belle Poule, arriving at Cherbourg on 30 November. Via two other transfers, it arrived at Courbevoie on 14 December and, in front of a huge crowd, was moved to Les Invalides the following day for the funeral
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