The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

FRANCE, Mort du duc de Reichstad [Death of the Duke of Reichstadt], 1832, a copper medal by F. Bauchery, head and shoulders of Napoléon I three-quarters right, eyes closed in death, rev. Napoléon seated left in clouds reaching out for his son, 51mm, 55.37g (Bramsen 1896; CGMP p.49; Alexander pp.172-3; BDM I, 135; Slg. Julius 3871; cf. Gadoury e39, 523; cf. Baldwin 101, 3699). About extremely fine, patinated £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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The Duke of Reichstadt was the title given in 1818 to Napoléon II (1811-32), the son of Napoléon and the Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, as some consolation for the destruction of the Empire over which he was nominally the Emperor. The Duke died of tuberculosis on 22 July 1832 at the age of 21.