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379, Lot: 554. Estimate $75.
Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier République. Directoire. Napoléon Bonoparte. General de l’armée d’Italie, 1796-1797. WM Medal (32.5mm, 12.13 g, 12h). Italian Campaigns. Dated 1796. BUONOPARTE GENERAL EN CHEF DE LA BRAVE ARMEE DITALIE, uniformed bust right / VOILA SOLDATS VALEUREUX LE FRUIT DE VOS TRAVAUX, Minerva seated left, holding olive and oak branches, resting arm on shield; cannons and banners in background; 1796 in exergue. Hennin 767; Julius 524. Good VF, minor marks.


The Julius catalog gives Ferrier as the engraver of this metal, but Johann Christain Reich or Johann Matthäus Reich are perhaps more likely candidates.