Summary

Medal National Column on the Place Vendome, Issued by Napoleon Bonaparte (Emperor Napoleon I), France, 1800.
Artist: Benjamin Duvivier
Minted by Paris Mint

Obverse Description

Bust right, around, BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL; below, CAMBACERESS SECOND CONSUL / LEBRUN. TROISME CONSUL / DE LA REPUBLIQUE / FRANCAISE; on truncation, DUVIVIER

Reverse Description

Legend in eight lines, the first curved: LE PEUPLE FRANCAIS A SES DEFENSEURS / PREMIER PIERREL / DE LA COLONNE NATION / POSEE PAR / LUCIEN BONAPARTE / MINISTRE DE L'INTERIEUR / 25 MESSIDOR AN 8 / 14 JUILLET 1800

Edge Description

Plain

Significance

Commemorating the laying iof the first stone of the national column by Lucien Bonaparte (Napoleon's brother) on 14 July 1800.

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