France 10 Francs 1933, KM 878, Silver 28 mm, weight 10,0 g. .680, Condition UNC

France. Napoleon I, Br Medal commemorating Napoleon's exile to Saint Helena, 1816, Milan mint, by an uncertain Italian engraver, Bramsen 1785, Bronze 76 mm, weight 178,80 g., Condition aUNC, beautiful brown patina with mint mirror

Exquisitely preserved, magnificent and very artistic medal condemning Napoleon's "traitors" who contributed to his exile to Saint Helena. A true gem in the collection of any enthusiast of the Emperor of the French.

France, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Medal commemorating the Battle of Raab, 1809, Andrieu & Dubois, Denon, Bramsen 854, Bronze 40 mm, weight 34,78 g., Condition aUNC, beautiful brown patina with luster.

France, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Gilded box medal, French Grenadiers, 1815, by E. J. Dubois, uniformed bust almost full face in bearskin headgear with pomegranate badge, GRENADIER FRANÇAIS, based on a legend in a civic wreath, A LA GLOIRE DES ARMÉES FRANÇAISES, containing 15 double-sided and 2 single-sided fiche (glued to the box), with details of battles, Bramsen 1700, Julius 3438, Pressler 885, Koch 2755, gilt bronze 48 mm, weight 19,12 g. , Condiltion aUNC. Extremely rare.

This exceptionally striking and rare medal pays tribute to the glorious grenadiers and their victorious battles fought between 1792 and 1814. Nearly 200 places are inscribed on the circular cardboard fiche inside the medal, along with dates where the French army triumphed.

France 20 Centimes 1941, VICHY, KM 899, Zinc 24 mm, Condition UNC, patuna

France - Provincial, Lorraine (Duché). Leopold I 1690-1729. AR Teston 1711 (1706), KM 95, silver 30 mm, weight 8,28 g. Condition NGC MS 62, overstruck on Testone 1706

France. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Silver medal commemorating the Peace of Luneville, 1801, by Andrieu, minted at the Paris Mint, Bramsen 108, Silver 42 mm, weight 32,52 g., Condition XF+, beautiful multi-colour patina, hairlines on the obverse.

A beautiful commemorative medal, a true gem in the collection of any enthusiast of the Emperor of the French.

France, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Bronze medal commemorating Napoleon's second abdication, 1815, Andrieu, Denon, Bramsen 1665, Julius 3394, Bronze 40 mm, weight 38,53 g., Condition aUNC, beautiful bronze patina with lustre.

France 50 Centimes 1909, KM 854, Silver 18,1 mm, weight 2,5 g. .835, Condition UNC

France, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Bronze medal commemorating the coronation of Napoleon as King of Italy, 1805, Denon, Bramsen 418, Bronze 40 mm, weight 40,22 g., Condition aUNC, beautiful brown patina with luster.

France, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Bronze medal commemorating the construction of the Vendome column (officially the Column of the Grand Army), 1800, Bramsen 61, Bronze 42 mm, weight 34,96 g., Condition aUNC, beautiful brown patina with luster.

France 10 Centimes 1939, KM 889.1, Ni-Br 21,3 mm, Condition UNC

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, 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:...