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Napoléon: Legion of Honor
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Napoléon: Legion of Honor

Bertrand Andrieu (French, 1761–1822)
1804
MintFrance
Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 42 mm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Horace Packard
Accession number27.238
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed under bust "ANDRIEU F". Reverse: Inscribed at edge "AUPICE·NEAPOLEONE GALLIA·RENOVATA", on emblem "HONNEUR ET PATRIE", and below "DENON DIRT/JALEY FT". ProvenanceBy 1927, The Mary Hooper Packard Collection; 1927, gift of Horace Packard to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 5, 1927)