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France - 1805

Entrevue des Deux Empereurs - 2nd

Obverse:

Head of Napoleon encircled with a laurel wreath.

Legend:

NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI.

Exergue:

Under base of the bust the artist's name, ANDRIEU F.

Size:

40 mm.

Reverse:

two figures, one of which habited in armour of Roman Costume, represents Napoleon; he rests his left hand on his parazonium, his right arm is stretched out in the attitude of dictating; the other figure represents Francis II., he appears in the attitude of supplication; between them, on the ground, are two flags lying crossways, over which is planted the Eagle standard of France.

Exergue:

ENTREVUE DE L'EMP. NAPOLEON ET DE L'EMP. FRANÇOIS II A URCHITZ LE IV. DECEMBRE MDCCCV. ANDRIEU F. DENON D.

Laskey:

After the fatal battle of Austerlitz, the thirty-first bulletin stated, that the day after the battle, the Emperor of Austria visited the French Emperor at the outposts; he wished to include the Emperor of Russia in an armistice, which was at length acceded to; and in the evening, the Emperor Francis dispatched an Austrian General with the result to the Emperor Alexander.

Edwards:

Edwards - 139

Plate X. No. 1

4th December, 1805.

Medal.

Napoleon.

R. Interview at Urschütz.

NAPOLEON EMP. (Empereur) ET ROI. Laureated head, to the right, similar to that of No. 4, Plate V. On the edge of the neck: ANDRIEU F. (fecit).

R. The Emperor of Austria, in antique costume, with one hand upon his heart and the other extended towards the Emperor of the French. Napoleon, also in antique costume, with one hand placed on the guard of his sword, presents the other to the Emperor Francis. Between the sovrans, a military ensign, surmounted with the French eagle, under which is a pendant, with the letter N in the centre; at their feet, two colours, crossed. Exergue: ENTREVUE DE L'EMP. (l'Empereur) NAPOLEON ET DE L'EMP. (l'Empereur) FRANÇOIS II. A URCHITZ (Urschütz) LE IV DÉCEMBRE MDCCCV (Interview of the Emperor Napoleon and the Emperor Francis the Second at Urschütz on the 4th of December, 1805.) To the left of the exergue: ANDRIEU F. (fecit); to the right: DENON D. (direxit).[40"]

Paris Medal Mint.

On the 13th Frimaire, year XIV. (4th December, 1805), in the morning, there was a suspension of arms, a free space of nearly half a league being left between the two armies. The French army held itself in advance, taking up its position on several lines between Damborschütz and Saruschütz, in front of Urschütz. The Emperor of Austria, Francis the Second, came to visit Napoleon at his bivouac; the interview took place at two o'clock in the afternoon, at a short distance from the village of Nasedlowitz, near a mill by the roadside and in the open air. The medal above described states the scene to have passed at Urchitz (Urschütz), and the 31st bulletin of the Grand Army at Saruschitz (Saruschütz). "I receive you in the only palace I have dwelt in for these two months," said Napoleon to Francis the Second, "You turn this dwelling to so good an account (Vous tirez si bon parti de cette habitation)," replied Francis, "that it ought to please you;" and he requested peace. The interview lasted two hours. The two emperors agreed upon an armistice, which was signed on the 15th Frimaire (6th December) at Austerlitz. The Russians were bound to evacuate by daily stages, Moravia and Hungary in the space of fifteen days, and Gallacia within a month.

Bramsen:

Bramsen - 452
Entrevue a Urschütz. (Andrieu.)

NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI. Tête laurée, à droite.

Rev: L'empereur François d'Autriche, en costume antique, une main appuyée sur son coeur, et tendant l'autre vers Napoléon, également en costume antique, qui appuie une main sur la garde de son épée et présente l'autre à l'empereur François. Entre les souverains, une enseigne militaire surmontée de l'aigle française, au-dessous de laquelle est un fanon avec la lettre N. A leurs pieds, deux drapeaux croisés.

Exergue: ENTREVUE DE L'EMP. NAPOLEON ET DE L'EMP. FRANÇOIS II. À URCHITZ LE IV. DÉCEMBRE MDCCCV.

Médaille, 40 mm. - T. N. 10, 1; H. m. 35, 111; M. F. 357, 38.

d'Essling:

d'Essling - 1108
Entrevue d'Urchütz (Droz et Andrieu).

Tête de Nap. à dr.

R. Napoléon deb. offrant la main à l'emp. d'Autriche

(TN. 10.1 - M. 111 - B. 452). Arg. et br. 41 mm. (2 var.)

Milan:

Milan - 513
Napoleone — Francesco I d'Austria — Incontro di Urschütz

D. NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI.
Nel centro, testa laureata di Napoleone a s.; nel campo, in basso, nel taglio del collo: DROZ FECIT e sotto: DENON DIREXI / M.DCCCVI. Contorno a piatto e gola perlinato.

R. ENTREVUE DE L'EMP. NAPOLEON / ET DE L'EMP. FRANÇOIS II. / À URCHITZ LE IV. DÉCEMBRE / MDCCCV. (all'esergo)
Nel campo, a d., Napoleone, in abiti classici, volto a s., poggia la mano s., su spada vericale e tende la d. verso Francesco II, stante a s., volto a d., in abiti classici, in tono supplice; al centro, vessilo imperiale su cui: N ed in basso, bandiere a terra; in basso, a s.: ANDRIEU. F. ed a d.: DENON D. Contorno a piatto e gola.

Autore: Droz / Andrieu ;

Data: 1805

Caratteristiche tecniche: Argento;

Ømm 41,5; 0; Coniazione

Bibl.: Bramsen, n.452 (R.); Julius, nn. 1455-1456 (R.); Essling, n.1108; Millin, n.111 (R.); De Félissent, ---

Accoppiamento ibrido (?) con un D. datato all'anno successivo, 1806.

Entrevue des Deux Empereurs - 2nd