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medal
Object Type
medal
Museum number
1977,0106.27
Description
Struck bronze medal.
(whole)
Centre, an English lion / leopard / bulldog in the act of tearing to pieces a scroll, presumed to represent the Treaty of Amiens.
(obverse)
Victory mounted on a horse galloping at full speed, right, holding out a laurel wreath with her right hand, her left hand is clasped around the horses neck.
(reverse)
Producer name
Designed by:
Antoine Denis Chaudet
Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:
Romain Vincent Jeuffroy
Authority
Issuer:
Baron Dominique Vivant Denon
Production date
1803
Production place
Made in:
France
Materials
bronze
Technique
struck
Dimensions
Diameter:
40.000 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Laskey 1818 / Description of a Series of Medals Struck at the National Medal Mint by Order of Napoleon Bonaparte
(27)
Bramsen 1904 / Médallier Napoléon le Grand ou Description des Médailles, Clichés, Repoussés et Médailles-décorations Relatives Aus Affaires de la France Pendant le Consulat et L'Empire
(271)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2015 Feb-Aug, BM, Rm 90, Bonaparte and the British
Subjects
allegory/personification
war
Associated names
Representation of:
Nike/Victoria/Victory
Associated places
Named in inscription:
Hanover
Associated events
Commemoration of:
Breaking of the Treaty of Amiens
(May 1803)
Commemoration of:
French occupation of Hanover
(Jun 1803)
Associated Event:
French Consulate
(10 Nov 1799 - 18 May 1804)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Miss Rosemary Waterfield
Acquisition date
1977
Department
Money and Medals
Registration number
1977,0106.27