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France / Italy, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Bronze medal 1805 commemorating the coronation of Napoleon as King of Italy in Milano, Denon, Bramsen 418, Bronze 40 mm, weight 37,90 g., Condition aUNC/XF, beautiful brown patina with luster, small scratches and edge nicks
A hybrid stamps featuring a different portrait of Napoleon and the signed only ANDRIEU F. on the neck.
On 26 May 1805, Napoleon crowns himself King of Italy in Milan Cathedral, with the iron crown of Lombardy. In a flamboyant and highly theatrical gesture, Napoleon Bonaparte signifies his political and military dominance over the Italian peninsula with a ceremony in Milan Cathedral, where he crowned himself King of Italy with the ancient, iconic iron crown of Lombardy. This crowning of Napoleon as King is a result of the French conquest of Italy. His full title was "Emperor of the French and King of Italy."