FRANCE, Institution de la Légion d’Honneur, 1804, a restrike bronze medal by B. Andrieu and L. Jaley for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. decoration over wreath of oak and laurel, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 40mm, 37.64g (Bramsen 310; Slg. Julius 1239; CGMP p.50; cf. Gadoury e39, 159). About extremely fine £15-£25

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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Bt Baldwin September 2015.

The Légion d'Honneur was established by Napoléon on 19 May 1802 as a military and civil order of merit