Summary

Medal Occupation des Trois Capitales, 'Occupation of the Three Capitals - Berlin, Warsaw and Kroningsberg', Issued by France, 1807
Artist: Bertrand Andrieu and Bertrand George
Minted by Paris Mint

Obverse Description

Laureate head facing right; around, NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI.; on neck truncation, ANDRIEU F.; below, DENON DIRT.

Reverse Description

Three crowned females figures standing each holding a key; around, BERLIN VARSOVIE KOENIGSBERG; in exergue, CAMPAGNES DE MDCCCVI / ET MDCCCVII; on exergue line, DENON DIR. GEORGE F.

Edge Description

Plain

Significance

"struck to commemorate the taking possession of the three cities of Berlin, Warsaw, and Koningsberg. After the fatal battle of Jena, Berlin was immediately occupied by Napoleon, and the city of Warsaw was entered and taken possession of by General Murat, with a division of the French army, and Marshal Soult with his division, took possession of Koningsberg, immediately after the battle of Friedland, where they found 20,000 wounded Russians and Prussians, several hundred thousand quintals of grain, and a vast quantity of warlike stores, with 160,000 muskets, said to have been sent from England. " Laskey p. 144

More Information