Napoleonic Victories Posterity Medal – 1820 – Signed by Jacques-Jean Barre
In copper
Weight: 66.4 g
Diameter: 50.4 mm
Obverse:
Winged Victory leading a quadriga flying over southern Europe , the Mediterranean and North Africa and scattering laurel wreaths .
Signature: BARRE F.
Reverse:
In a laurel and oak wreath , the inscription on 11 lines:
LES
SOUSCRIPTEURS
ASSOCIÉS
POUR TRANSMETTRE
A LA POSTÉRITÉ
LES VICTOIRES ET CONQUÊTES
DES FRANCAIS
DE 1792 A 1815.
ÉDITEUR
C.L.F. PANCKOUCKE
1820.
Edge:
Smooth without punch
