The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals

AUSTRIA/FRANCE, Napoleons Einzug in Wien [Entry of Napoléon into Vienna], 1809, a copper medal by B. Andrieu for D.-V. Denon, triumphal arch of Porte Saint-Martin, Paris, rev. Kärntnertor [Carinthian Gate], Vienna, 40mm, 38.99g (Bramsen 847; Alexander 105; CGMP p.69; BDM I, 54; Zeitz 99; Slg. Julius 2086; cf. Sincona 101, 2701; cf. Varesi e10, 419; cf. Höhn 100, 503). Good very fine £40-£60

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.

Having departed Paris via the Saint-Martin gate on 13 April 1809, Napoléon entered Vienna through the Carinthian gate exactly one month later, on 13 May