Summary

Medal Paix de Tilsit, 'Peace of Tilsit', Issued by France, 1807
Artist: Bertrand Andrieu and Jean Pierre Droz
Minted by Paris Mint
Other details: Interview of Napoleon with Czar Alexander I & William III

Obverse Description

Three conjoined heads facing right; around, NAPOLEON ALEXANDRE.I F.GUILLUAME III; below in small lettering around rim, ANDRIEU F. DENON DIR.

Reverse Description

River god Niemen reclining to left his left arm resting on an urn from which the river flows; his right hand is extended and holds a Temple (of Peace?); on the left an Olive tree grows; above, NIEMAN; in exergue, PAIX DE TILSIT / M.DCCC.VII.; below exergue line in small lettering, DENON D. DROZ.F.

Edge Description

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Significance

"This sanguinary battle (Friedland) was followed by an interview on the 25th June, between the Emperors of France and Russia, and the king of Prussia, on a raft, floated for the purpose on the river Niemen by order of Napoleon; when an armistice between these powers was entered into, which concluded by a peace signed between France and Russia, on the 7th July, and on the 9th, between France and Prussia; by which the king of Prussia lost nearly half of his dominions; the city of Dantzic was declared to be independent; the greater part of Prussian Poland was given, under the title of the Duchy of Warsaw, to the Elector of Saxony, who took the title of king of Saxony; and Napoleon's brother, Jerome Bonaparte, was recognised by the contracting parties as king of Westphalia." Laskey p. 147-148

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