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Create new listAndrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Jeuffroy, Romain-Vincent (French, 1749-1826); b. Rouen, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône
RUSSIA/FRANCE, Bitva za Moskvu [Battle of Moscow], 1812, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and R.-V. Jeuffroy for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. French hussar riding to right, having just stormed a redoubt, steps over the body of a Russian soldier and pursues another who is fleeing at right, 41mm, 37.50g (Bramsen 1162; Alexander 143; CGMP p.80; BDM III, 74; Slg. Julius 2526; cf. Album 53, 2866; cf. Stack’s/Bowers Jan. 2024, 56341; cf. Bertolami 5, 1393). About extremely fine
£90-£120
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.
In the wake of the Battle of Borodino, fought to an inconclusive conclusion some 70 miles west of Moscow between Russian and French troops on 7 September 1812, the Russian army withdrew from Moscow, leaving Napoléon and his 100,000 troops to take the city a week later, only to discover it largely deserted and set ablaze by its military governor, Count Fyodor Rostopchin (1763-1826)
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