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FRANCE, Royal (Restored). Louis XVIII. 1814-1824. Lot of three (3) Æ Medals. Includes:
1) Arrival of Louis in Calais (41mm, 36.90 g, 12h). Paris mint. By Andrieu and Brenet. Dated 1814 (in Roman numerals). LOUIS XVIII ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE., bust right; ANDRIEU F. on truncation of bust / IL PORTE LA PAIX DU MONDE., France, standing left on shore and extending hands to approaching ship bringing Louis from exile in Britain; BRENET to right; MDCCCXIV in exergue. Collignon 12; Bramsen 1406.
2) Arrival of Louis in Paris (418mm, 38.05 g, 12h). Paris mint. By Andrieu and Brenet. Dated 1814 (in Roman numerals). LOUIS XVIII ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE., bust right; ANDRIEU F. on truncation of bust / Louis and Marie Joséphine in biga left, to left, two figures raising hands and presenting offerings; above, Victory flying left, holding olive branch; in exergue, LOUIS XVIII ENTRE A PARIS/III MAI MDCCCXIV and BRENET in three lines. Collignon 29; Bramsen 1410.
3) Recall of the Allied Occupation Forces from Paris (51mm, 59.36 g, 12h). Paris mint. By Andrieu, Gayrard, and de Puymarint. Dated 1818 (in Roman numerals). LVDOVICVS · XVIII FRANC · ET · NAV REX., bust right; ANDRIEU F. on truncation of bust; DE PUYMARIN DI. in exergue / REGE EVROPAM GALLIÆ CONCILIANTE, personification of Europe in military outfit and holding staff surmounted with olive branch standing right, clasping right hands with Louis, wearing royal robe and holding shield set on ground; garland altar between; to left of Europe, shield, decorated with horse’s head, set on ground; behind, vexillum surmounted by statuette of horse; behind Louis, classical Roman legionary marching right, head left; in exergue, PRAESIDIA · ANTE · TEMPVS · FOEDERE · CONSTITVTVM/REVOCATA · IX · OCTOBR · MDCCCXVIII and GAYRARD F. in three lines. Collignon 128. Brown surfaces, a few slight marks. As made.
The grandson of Louis XV and brother of Louis XVI, Louis Stanislas Xavier (1755-1824), fled France during the Revolution. While still in exile, he declared himself King of France upon his brother’s death in 1795, but it was not until 1814 – after the fall of Napoleon – that he would actually ascend the throne and restore the French monarchy as King Louis XVIII.
The first depicts the personification of France welcoming the ship bearing Louis back to France when he landed at Calais (24 April 1814) to a rapturous reception. It was the first time he had been in France for more than two decades, when he fled the increasingly radical French Revolution in the middle of the night, disguised as an English businessman. The second illustrates his 3 May 1814 triumphal entry into Paris. The final medal commemorates the settlement achieved at the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle in the autumn of 1818, in which the French renegotiated the reparations owed by France to the allied powers of Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, won the withdrawal of the occupying armies from the country, and restored the position of France as a European power.
Closing Date and Time: 18 October 2023 at 15:00:00 ET.
All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer’s fee.
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