Medal Arrival of Napoleon’s coffin at the Invalides – Signed by Jean-Pierre Montagny
In gilded copper .
Weight: 74.9 g
Diameter: 52.5 mm
Obverse:
Circular inscription: HIST. DE LA REVOLUTION, DE L’EMPIRE DE LA RESTAURATION ET DE LA MON. DE 1830.
Laureate head in profile to the right of Napoleon I.
PUBLISHED BY POURRAT BROTHERS
IN PARIS.
Reverse:
Allegory of Paris holding a garland, two palms and a laurel branch to welcome the coffin of Napoleon I carried by several men. On the left, an angel holds the number N on an altar , a torch lowered in the other hand. In the background, a large crowd , the Invalides and a three-master . In the radiant sky : Napoleon wearing his bicorn , riding an eagle .
Signature: MONTAGNY. FECIT.
Edge:
Indicating hand hallmark (Paris Mint 1845-1860) + CUIVRE
