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Napoleon I Empereur des Français et Roi d'Italie

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2850537

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National Medal Collection

Napoleon I Empereur des Français et Roi d'Italie
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Date(s):

n.d.

Place:

France:

Place of creation:

France

Extent:

1 medal : bronze ; 055.63 gr
Support 0.000 x mm

Language of material:

French

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A bronze medal commemorating the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French (and King of Italy, 1805-1814) from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. He was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the later stages of the French Revolution. He made himself emperor of the French people in 1804, his reign marked by the various wars he waged - now referred to as the Napoleonic Wars.

The obverse side of the medal displays a bust of Napoleon I by Armand Caqué.

The reverse side of the medal is engraved with a short history of Napoleon I.
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Artist: Caqué, Armand, 1793-1881

Depicted: Napoléon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

Napoléon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

Napoléon Ier, empereur des Français, 1769-1821
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: obverse: NAPOLEON I EMPEREUR DES FRANÇAIS ROI D'ITALIE. / CAQUÉ. F. / 1834, Inscription: reverse: NÉ 1769. / CONSUL 1799. / EMPEREUR 1804. / MILAN, TURIN, LE CAIRE, ROME, / NAPLES, VIENNE, AMSTERDAM, / BERLIN, MADRID, LISBONNE, / VARSOVIE, MOSCOU. / CODE CIVIL 1804. / ABDICATION 1814. / ILE D'ELBE 1815. / STE. HELENE. / MORT EN 1821., Inscription: edge: no inscription, Inscription: attachment: no attachment

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C-049091 : obverse
C-049092 : reverse
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Kings and rulers France

Rois et souverains France

Portrait medallions France

Médaillons (Portraits) France
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Private

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1986-079 X PIC
01174
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Medals 1174

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Copy negative C-049091--C-049092

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1986-79-1174

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