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Great Britain - 1815

Déclaration du congrès de Vienne

Obverse:

French eagle carrying a thunderbolt flying to the French coast from Elba. Temple of Janus with broken door to left.

Exergue:

XXVI . FEBRUARY / MDCCCXV

Size:

41 mm.

Reverse:

Mercury flying left, carrying a scroll inscribed TO ARMS

Legend:

DECLARATION OF THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA

Exergue:

XIII MARCH

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Bramsen:

1597. - Déclaration du congrès de Vienne. (Depaulis et Brenet.)
DECLARATION. OF THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA. Mercure planant dans les airs au-dessus du globe terrestre. Dans la main gauche il montre un rouleau avec l'inscription : TO ARMS.
Exergue: XIII MARCH.
℞: Un aigle portant le foudre plane au-dessus de la mer agitée, laquelle laisse voir l'ile d'Elbe. A gauche, au premier plan, un temple aux portes brisées avec l'inscription: TEMPLVM. JANI.
Exergue: XXVI. FEBRUARY MDCCCXV.
Médaille, 41 mm. - Cabinet de l'auteur.

d'Essling:

1559 - Déclaration du Congrès de Vienne (Depaulis et Brenet).
Mercure planant dons les airs au-dessus d'une partie du globe.
℞. Aigle au-dessus de la mer; dans le fond l'ile d'Elbe. A g. temple de Janus
(Mudie, n^o XXXII - B. 1597). Arg. 41 mm.

BHM:

N^o. 869 FLIGHT OF NAPOLEON FROM ELBA

AR, AE 41 by N. G. A. Brenet and A. J. Depaulis.

AR R; AE N.
Fi. 480; M. 32.
AM; HC; ML; UM.

Having spent nine months on Elba and being constantly informed of events in France and Italy, Napoleon left the island on the night of 26th February 1815; he landed near Antibes at the head of 1,000 men and marched for Paris.
One of Mudie's National Medals (see No. 1057) issued in 1820. Examples of this medal are believed to have been struck in gold but no specimen has been met with. See also note to No. 796.

British Historical Medals, p. 208

Milan:

857. Congresso di Vienna
D. DECLARATION • OF THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA Nel campo, al centro, Mercurio volante a s., retrospicente, regge nella mano d., caduceo e con la s., rotolo su cui: TO / ARMS / ——— nel campo, in basso, a s.: J• MUDIE DIREX• ed a d.: DEP• F• All'esergo: XIII MARCH Contorno a piatto e gola.	R. XXVI• FEBRUARY / MDCCCXV• (all'esergo) Nel campo, al centro, aquila imperiale d'Austria in volo a s., con fulmine alato negli artigli, retrospicente; a s., tempio di Giano, con sul frontone: TEMPLVM•JANI e davanti, porte chiuse; sullo sfondo, a d., marosi ed isola; nel campo, in basso, al centro: MUDIE DIREX• Contorno a piatto e gola.

Autore: DEPAULIS / BRENET; Data: 1815
Caratteristiche tecniche: Bronzo: Ømm 41; 0: Coniazione
Condizione giuridica: Stato-Brera n. 387; N. Inv.: M.0.9.30664
Bibl.: Bramsen, n. 1597; Julius, nn. 3289-3290; Essling, n. 1559; Millin, ---; De Felissent, n. 499

Déclaration du congrès de Vienne