AUSTRIA/FRANCE, Frieden von Wien [Peace of Vienna], 1809, a copper medal by B. Andrieu for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. Napoléon standing facing, naked, a cloak over his shoulder, holding an olive-branch over a votive altar in his right hand and torching a pile of arms in his left hand, 40mm, 40.80g (Bramsen 876; Alexander 114; CGMP p.72; Pax 751; BDM I, 54; Slg. Julius 2141; cf. Varesi e10, 431; cf. Nomisma 65, 548; cf. WAG e114, 134). Extremely fine £80-£100

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

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Bt H.-D. Rauch September 2003.

The Treaty of Schönbrunn, sometimes known as the Treaty of Vienna, was signed between France and Austria at Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna on 14 October 1809