A Collection of Medals relating to C. Cornwallis, 1st Marquis

France, FRANCE, Paix d’Amiens [Peace of Amiens], 1802, a copper medal by R. Dumarest, laureate bust of Napoleon left, rev. Napoleon standing naked in imitation of Mars, holding statue of Victory and offering olive-branch to a semi-naked female representing England, who rests her back against a lion, 50mm (Bramsen 195; Julius 1053); Le traité d’Amiens rompu et le Hanovre occupé [The Treaty of Amiens Broken and Hanover Occupied], 1803, copper medals (2) by R.-V. Jeuffroy for D.-V. Denon, British leopard crouching to left, biting scroll, rev. Victory on horseback galloping right, 40mm (Bramsen 271; Julius 1166) [3]. About extremely fine £120-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals relating to C. Cornwallis, 1st Marquis.

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