282, Lot: 492. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier République. Consulat. 1799-1804. CU Medal (50mm, 64.23 g, 12h). Commemorating the Battle of Marengo. By Brenet and Auguste. Dated L’An 8 (1800). BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REP. FRANÇE, uniformed bust of Napoléon Bonaparte left; in three lines below, BATAILLE DE MARENGO/25 ET 26 PRAIRIAL/AN 8; all within wreath / LE PREMIER CONSUL/COMMANDANT/L’ARMÉE DE RÉSERVE/EN PERSONNE:/ENFANS/RAPPELLEZ-VOUS/QUE MON HABITUDE EST/DE COUCHER SUR LE CHAMP/DE BATAILLE (the first consul commanding the army reserve in person...children, remember that my bedchamber is the battlefield) in nine lines. Bramsen 38; Julius 796. EF, attractive brown surfaces.