medal

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Object Type
Museum number: M.2633
Description: Struck bronze medal. (whole); Bust of General Desaix, right, in military coat, within a wreath of laurel. (obverse); Inscription in seven lines. (reverse)
Producer name: Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine: Nicolas Guy Antoine Brenet; Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine: Auguste
Authority
Production date: 1800
Production place: Made in: France
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 50.000 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Laskey 1818 / Description of a Series of Medals Struck at the National Medal Mint by Order of Napoleon Bonaparte (14); 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 (44)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: battle; military
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Louis Charles Antoine Desaix; Associated with: Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (Napoleon)
Associated events: Commemoration of: Death of General Desaix (14 Jul 1800); Associated Event: Battle of Marengo (14 Jul 1800)
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: M.2633

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