Medal - Tomb of Desaix 1805 front Medal - Tomb of Desaix 1805 back
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Medal - Tomb of Desaix

1805 year
Bronze 9.7 g 26 mm
Description
Location
France
Emperor
Napoleon I (Napoléon Ier) (1804-1814, 1815)
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Year
1805
Composition
Bronze
Weight
9.7 g
Diameter
26 mm
Thickness
2 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#363378
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Crown made of a laurel branch and a cypress branch

Lettering:
LE XXV. PRAIRIAL
AN XIII. XIV. JUIN MDCCCV.
NAPOLEON POSE LA IERE
PIERRE DU TOMBEAU
DE DESAIX AU MONT
ST. BERNARD

Translation:
THE XXV. PRAIRIAL
YEAR XIII. XIV. JUNE MDCCCV.
NAPOLEON LAYS THE FIRST
STONE OF THE TOMB
OF DESAIX AT THE MOUNT
ST. BERNARD

Designers: Nicolas-Guy-Antoine Brenet, Jean-Pierre Droz

Edge

Plain

Comment

Medal commemorating the laying of the foundation stone for Desaix's tomb on Mont Saint-Bernard by Napoleon on June 14, 1805