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France - 1805

La Ligurie Réunie a la France

Obverse
Obverse:
Head of Napoleon encircled with a wreath of laurel;
Legend:
NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI.
Exergue:
under base of the bust, ANDRIEU F.
Size:
40 mm.
Reverse
Reverse:
full length figure of Napoleon, his head laureated, and in the imperial Roman costume, receives a female figure emblematic of the Ligurian Republic; an eagle with expanding wings, is on the left of the Emperor; in the back ground on the right, an antique prow of a vessel.
Legend:
DENON. D. BRENET F. E, LA LIGURIE REUNIE A LA FRANCE MDCCCV.

Laskey:

The people of Genoa having imbibed the principles of democratical liberty, and tumults having arisen between them and the adherents of the old government, and they not being able to stem the torrent, sent deputies to Bonaparte at Montebello, where a convention was concluded on the 6th June, 1805, by which the government of the Genoese republic acknowledged the sovereignty to reside in the body of the citizens of its territory. The legislative power was entrusted to two representative councils. Municipalities were established in the communes and districts, on the model of France, and a committee was charged with framing a constitution, and all the laws of the Republic, with a reserve of doing nothing contrary to the Catholic religion. The provisional government was to extinguish faction, grant a general amnesty, and unite the people in rallying round the public liberty. France agreed to give her protection, and even the assistance of its armies, to facilitate if necessary the execution of these articles, and maintain the integrity of the territory of the Republic. This new modelled affair was named, "The Ligurian Republic."
 
It is possible the prow of the ship alludes to the maritime port of Leghorn, it being the chief harbour of the republic.

Bramsen:

Bramsen - 422
L'Etat de Gênes réuni à la France. (Brenet.)
NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI. Tête laurée, à droite.
Rev: Napoléon, en costume romain, reçoit la soumission de la Ligurie, représentée par une femme portant la couronne ducale. Derrière Napoléon, l'aigle; derrière la Ligurie, la proue d'un vaisseau.
Exergue: LA LIGURIE RÉUNIE A LA FRANCE MDCCCV.
Médaille, 40 mm. - T. N. 7, 9; H. m. 29, 101; M. F. 353, 26.

d'Essling:

d'Essling - 1075
La Ligurie réunie à la France (Andrieu et Brenet).
Tête laurée de Nap. à dr.
R. L'emp. recevant la soumission de la Ligurie.
(T. 7.9 - M. 101 - B. 422) Arg. et br. 41 mm.