LXXX - 1807

Les Aigles Françaises sur la Vistule
Obverse - Laskey LXXX (1807) Reverse - Laskey LXXX (1807)
Obverse - Head and legend similar to the preceding medal.
Reverse - a Naide reclining uncloathed , disconsolate, her head droops, her right arm, in repose, rests carelessly on her right thigh, her hair long, which amply flows behind, on her left, and also over her right shoulder and hip; in her left hand a shovel or spade, with which she seems to have opened a passage in the rock, and the water is gushing out, which, by the position of the spade, she wishes to prevent. In the centre, the eagle standard of France is erected; in the back ground, two massy rocks are seen.
Legend, DENON D. On the left base of the ground, BRENET F.
Exergue, SIGNIS VLTRA VISTVLAM CONSTITVTIS. MDCCCVII.
Size, 1 9/16 inches.

Laskey's Narrative:

After the fatal defeat of the Prussian army at Jena, his Prussian Majesty retired to Konigsberg, where he was actively employed in collecting the scattered and feeble remains of his once formidable force. The French, in the mean while, rapidly advancing, passed the Oder, took all the fortresses in their route, and at last approached the Vistula, on the banks of which they planted their exulting eagle, which event this medal is meant to commemorate.
 
Bramsen - 620
L'armée française sur la Vistule (Brenet)
NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI. Tête laurée, à droite. Rev: La Nymphe de la Vistule appuyée sur un gouvernail, couchée dans une attitude qui indique la douleur qu'elle éprouve à la vue de l'aigle française plantée sur ses bords.
Exergue: SIGNIS VLTRA VISTVLAM CONSTITVTIS MDCCCVII.
Médaille, 40 mm. - T. N. 19, 1; H. m. 41, 211; M. F. 366, 73.
d'Essling - 1160
L'armée française sur la Vistule (Andrieu et Brenet)
Tête de Nap. à dr. R. La Vistule couchée.
(TN. 19.1 - M. 211 - B. 620) Arg. et Br. 41 mm. 3 var. d'avers.