Napoléon Bonaparte: Battle of Marengo

(obverse) Nicolas-Guy-Antoine Brenet (French, 1770–1846)

1800

MintFrance

Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze

DimensionsDiameter and weight: 50 mm (1 15/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Henry H. Fay

Accession number13.840

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ClassificationsNumismatics

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InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed within wreath "BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REP.FRANCE.", on bust "BRENET", and below "BATAILLE DE MARENGO/25 ET 26 PRAIRIAI/AN 8/[H]. AUGUSTE". Reverse: Inscribed "LE PREMIER CONSUL/COMMANDANT/L'ARMÉE DE RÉSERVE/EN PERSONNE:/ENFANS/RAPPELLEZ-VOUS/QUE MON HABITUDE EST/DECOUCHER SUR LE CHAMP/DE BATAILLE.".

ProvenanceBy 1913, Henry H. Fay; 1913, gift of Henry H. Fay to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)