Special Collections
Create new listAndrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Galle, André (French, 1761-1844); b. St Etienne, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône
GERMANY/FRANCE, Bataille d’Iéna [Battle of Jena], 1806, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and A. Galle for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. Napoléon in the guise of Jupiter astride a giant eagle, preparing to hurl a thunderbolt at three dying figures below, 41mm, 36.44g (Bramsen 538; Alexander 74; CGMP p.61; BDM I, 53; Slg. Julius 1596; cf. Album 53, 760; cf. Rauch 118, 1898; cf. WAG e136, 151). Good very 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 Leu Numismatik October 1997.
The twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt, fought on 14 October 1806 between the forces of Napoléon and Frederick William III of Prussia in modern-day Thuringia, resulted in heavy defeat for the Prussian army
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