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France - 1807

Spalatro au général Marmont. (L. Manfredini.)

Obverse:

The plan of the city of Spalatro showing two boats on the ocean.

Legend:

VIA. PUB. ERECTA. LITTORE. AUCTO. URBE. EXORN. IMPERANTE. NAPOLEONE. M.

Exergue:

SPALATI VOTUM

Size:

42 mm.

Reverse:

Dalmatia, holding a cornucopia in her left hand, rests her right on a wheel.

Legend:

ALEXANDRO MARMONT SVPREMO GALLORVM DVCI IN DALMATIA.

Exergue:

ANNO MDCCCVII.

Vern's Comments:

Size, 42 mm. — Julius 1840

Edwards:

Edwards - 342

Plate XXIV. No. 10

31st December, 1807.

Medal.

Spalati votum.

R. Alexandro Marmont.

VIA. PUB. (publicâ) ERECTA. LITTORE. AUCTO. URBE. EXORN. (exornatâ) IMPERANTE. NAPOLEONE. M. (magno). (A public road laid out; the banks augmented; the city embellished; under the reign of Napoleon the Great.) A plan of the city of Spalatro washed by the sea, on which are two vessels. Exergue: SPALATI . VOTUM. (The offering of Spalatro.)

R: ALEXANDRO MARMONT SVPREMO GALLORVM DVCI IN DALMATIA. (To Alexander Marmont, General-in-chief of the French troops in Dalmatia). Dalmatia, seated on a rock, leaning with her right hand upon a wheel, and with the left upon a horn of plenty: ANNO MDCCCVII (year 1807). Above the exergue, to the right: L.M.F. (Luigi [Lewis] Manfredini, fecit). [42".]

This medal was struck in honour of General Marmont by the inhabitants of Spalatro in Dalmatia.
AUGUSTUS-FREDERICK LEWIS VIESSE DE MARMONT was born at Chatillon-sur-Seine, July 20th, 1774, and in 1789 entered a regiment of infantry as sub-lieutenant, whence, in 1792, he passed with the same rank into the artillery. Attached to the army of Italy in 1796 as major, and as first aide-de-camp to General Bonaparte, he went through the campaigns of Italy and Egypt. His participation in the revolution of the 18th Brumaire obtained for him the functions of Counsellor of State and the chief command of the artillery of the army of reserve. After the campaign of Marengo he was made general of division, and in 1801 first inspector-general of the artillery. In 1807 the command of the army in Dalmatia having been confided in him, he remained in that province until the campaign of 1809, and was actively employed in the internal administration of the country. The title of Duke of Ragusa rewarded his services. After the battle of Wagram he was charged with the pursuit of the enemy, whom he overtook at Znaïm, and was made a marshal of the empire on the field of battle. He remained in the Illyrian provinces as Governor-general until 1811, in the May of which year he replaced Massena in command of the army of Portugal. In 1813 and 1814 he served in the campaigns of Germany and France. Marmont was one of the two marshals who signed the capitulation of Paris, and immediately after he concluded a treaty with the allied sovrans, in virtue of which his army was to quit the position which the emperor had ordered it to occupy at Essone, and to retire by way of Versailles to a point beyond the line of hostilities. This convention led to the immediate downfall of the Imperial Government. Under the first Restoration the Duke of Ragusa was made captain of the body Guards. In March 1815 he accompanied Louis XVIII. to Ghent, and having returned to the Chamber of Peers after the hundred days, he was from that period down to the Revolution of July one of the four marshals commanding the Royal Guard, and was serving in that capacity when the ordonnances of July 25, 1830, were issued. His presence at the head of the troops, recalling the recollections of 1814, by no means contributed to calm the popular irritation. Having then left France, he has not returned thither, but has resided alternately in Germany and in Italy.

Bramsen:

Bramsen - 687
Spalatro au général Marmont. (L. Manfredini.)

VIA. PUB. ERECTA. LITTORE. AUCTO. URBE. EXORN. IMPERANTE. NAPOLEONE. M. Plan de la ville de Spalatro, baignée par la mer, sur laquelle on voit deux bâtiments.

Rev: ALEXANDRO MARMONT SVPREMO GALLORVM DVCI IN DALMATIA. La Dalmatie, assise sur un rocher, appuyée sur une roue et tenant une corne d'abondance.

Exergue: SPALATI VOTUM

Exergue: ANNO MDCCCVII.

Jeton, 42 mm. - T. N. 24, 10; H. m. 65, 444; M. F. 372, 93.

d'Essling:

d'Essling - 2538
Spalato au général Marmont. (Manfredini).

Arg. et br. 42 mm. - (TN 24.10 M. 444 B. 687).

Milan:

Milan - 620
VIESSE DE MARMONT Alexander Federic Louis, generale — Spalato — Omaggio della città

D. ALEXANDRO MARMONT SVPREMO GALLORVM DVCI IN DALMATIA
Nel centro, al centro, figura femminile (Dalmazia?) seduta su rocce a s., regge con la s., cornucopia ricolma di fiori e frutta e con la d. protesa, poggia su ruota verticale; nel campo, in basso, a d., sopra il taglio della base: LMF All'esergo: ANNO MDCCCVII Contorno a piatto e gola.

R. VIA. PUB. ERECTA. LITTORE. AUCTO. URBE. EXORN. IMPERANTE. NAPOLEONE. M. (in cornice)
Nel campo, al centro, veduta planimetrica del porto di Spalato; in basso, in primo piano, flutti con imbarcazioni. All'esergo: SPALATI VOTUM Contorno a piatto e gola.

Autore: MANFREDINI;

Data: 1807

Caratteristiche tecniche: Bronzo;

Ømm 42;0; Coniazione

Condizione giuridica: Stato-Brera n.440; N. Inv.: M.0.9.30468

Bibl.: Bramsen, n.687; Julius, n.1840; Essling, n.2538; Millin, n.444; De Felissent, n.396; Cozzi, p.111, p.75 (questo esemplare)

Spalatro au général Marmont. (L. Manfredini.)