Summary

Medal Peace of Luneville, Issued by France, 1801
Artist: Bertrand Andrieu
Minted by Paris Mint

Obverse Description

Bust of Bonaparte, head bare, facing right; around, BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANSE.; on bust truncation, ANDRIEU F.

Reverse Description

Peace standing with olive branch and cornucopia; around, PAIX DE LUNEVILLE; in exergue, LE XX. PLUVOISE / AN IX; on ground in small letters, ANDRIEU F.

Edge Description

Plain

Significance

"After several armistices had been entered into between Austria and the French Republic, and as often suffered to expire from the jarring interests of the different powers, Austria at length found it necessary to enter into a treaty for peace, separate and alone, which after many delays, was definitively agreed upon between the first Consul of the French Republic and the Emperor. This treaty was concluded at Luneville, in February, 1801. ... It agreed, first, that there was to be a permanent peace between the French Republic and the Emperor; the Belgic provinces, Falkenstein and its dependencies; the Frickthal, and all that belongs to the house of Austria on the left bank of the Rhine, between Zurzach and Basle, to be given up to the French. Istria, Dalmatia, and the Venetian Isles dependant on those countries; the Bocca di Cattaro, the city of Venice, the Adriatic sea, and the Adige from its leaving the Tyrol to the mouth of the said sea, to belong to the Emperor, the towing path of the Adige, being the line of limitation. Draw-bridges to be established in the middle of the cities of Verona and Porto Legnano, to mark the separation of this line ..." Laskey, p.45-46

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