395, Lot: 519. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier République. Consulat. Napoléon Bonaparte. Premier Consul, 1799-1804. Æ Medal (50mm, 61.74 g, 12h). Battle of Marengo and the Command of Napoléon. By Brenet and Auguste. Dated 25 and 26 Prairal L’an 8 (14 and 15 June AD 1800). BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REP FRANÇE, bust left, wearing military uniform; below, BATAILLE DE MARENGO/ 25 ET 26 PRAIRIAL/ AN 8; all within wreath / LE PREMIER CONSUL/ COMMANDANT/ L’ARMÉE DE RÉSERVE/ EN PERSONNE/ ENFANS/ RAPPELEZ-VOUS/ QUE MON HABITUDE EST/ DE COUCHER SUR LE CHAMP/ DE BATAILLE. Bramsen 38. EF, a few marks.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.