MEDAL
Currently in storage
About this object
On one obverse the head on Napoleon in profile facing to the right, wearing a laurel wreath. Signed by the maker under the shoulder "ANDRIEU F." Inscribed near the rim "NAPOLEON" and "EMP ET ROI" On the reverse face, a scene of French hussar on horseback brandishing a sword, an enemy soldier fleeing to the right, another fallen to the ground under the horse. Inscribed below: "BATAILLE DE LA MOSKOWA VII SEPTEMBRE M.DCCCXII."
- Object name:
- MEDAL
- Made from:
- Bronze
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- 1812
- Size:
- 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.283
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; SIGNATURE On the obverse: NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI. Signed "ANDRIEU.F" under the neck. On the reverse: BATAILLE DE LA MOSKOWA VII SEPTEMBRE M.DCCCXII
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973