France, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Prize medal of the Athénée du Vaucluse established at Avignon, 1811, by Andrieu, Bramsen 1144, Julius 2490, Essling 2366, Bronze 42 mm, weight 31,60 g., Condition XF+, nice brown patina.

France 12 Deniers 1792 A, Paris, KM 600.1, Bronze 28 mm, weight 11,79 g., Condition Fine/aVF

France. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Br medal commemorating the conquest of Illyria, 1809, by Bertrand Andrieu and Alexis J. Depaulis, Bramsen 879, Bronze 40 mm, weight 42,80 g., Condition aUNC, beautiful lustrous brown patina, small edge nick

A beautiful commemorative medal from the Napoleonic wars, a real gem in the collection of any enthusiast of the Emperor of the French.

France 2 Centimes 1877 A, KM 827.1, Bronze 20,2 mm, Condition aUNC

France 20 Centimes 1867 A, KM 808.1, Condition XF, patina

France, Maria de Medici 1573-1642. Coronation copper medal (jeton) 1610 AD, Copper 24 mm, weight 4,48 g., Condition VF, nice patina

France, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Bronze medal commemorating the re-establishment of the Legion d'Honneur, 1804, Denon, Bramsen 310, Bronze 40 mm, weight 34,47 g., Condition UNC, beautiful brown patina with mint mirror background, mint state specimen

France, Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (The Sun King), 1643-1715. Bronze medal 1660, Pax Ad Pirenaeos, commemorating the meeting of Kings Louis XIV and Philip IV on the Isle of Pheasants at June 7 1660. The monarchs then signed the Treaty of the Pyrenees ending the Thirty Years' War, during this meeting, the marriage of Louis XIV to Philip IV's daughter , Marie-Thérèse of Austria, was also recorded, by J. Mauger, Bronze 40 mm, weight 39,10 g., Condition XF+, nice brown patina with luster.

France 50 Centimes 1881 A, KM 834.1, Silver 18 mm, weight 2,5 g. .835, Condition NGC MS 64

France Franc 1888 A, KM 822.1, Silver 23 mm, weight 5,0 g. .835, Condition NGC MS 65

France 25 Centimes 1940, KM 867b, Ni-Br 24 mm, Condition UNC, patina

France Franc 1898, KM 844.1, Silver 23 mm, weight 5,0 g. .835, Condition UNC

France, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Bronze medal commemorating the annexation of Simplon, 1807, Andrieu, Bramsen 688, Bronze 40 mm, weight 38,32 g., Condition aUNC, beautiful brown patina with luster.

"By a decree of the 12th November, Napoleon united to the French Empire, the territory of the Valais, under the name of the department of Simplon, a name derived from one of the mountains of the Alps, situate on the side of Great St. Bernard, Mont Blanc is on the other: these three great mountain masses are all recorded by the medals of Napoleon.- (See Nos. 12 and 34.) The pretexts for this annexation were, that the Simplon, connecting France and Italy, had cost both treasuries eighteen millions of livres; that the Valais had not adhered to its engagements; and that it was necessary to put an end to the struggles for power among the population." Laskey p. 153-154 (source:...