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Create new listAndrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Brenet, Nicolas-Guy-Antoine (French, 1773-1846); b. Paris, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône
RUSSIA/FRANCE, Victoires du 14 Juin: Marengo et Friedland [Victories of 14 June: (Battles of) Marengo and Friedland], 1807, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and N.-G.-A. Brenet for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. Victory standing to right, inscribing an oval stone set on a tablet, olive-branch at right, 40mm, 38.97g (Bramsen 633; CGMP p.64; BDM I, 274; Slg. Julius 1740; cf. Album 53, 2861; cf. Varesi e10, 358; cf. Noonans 311, 685). Good very fine £60-£80
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 July 2004.
The Battle of Friedland, which took place near present-day Pravdinsk on 14 June 1807, was a strategic necessity after the Battle of Eylau earlier in the year had failed to yield a decisive verdict for either the French or the Russians. This time Napoléon secured a victory that routed much of the Russian army, which retreated in chaos and led to Alexander I entering peace negotiations
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