Summary

Medal Cathedral de Vienne, Te Deum in Vienna Cathedral, Issued by France, 1805
Artist: Bertrand Andrieu
Minted by Paris Mint

Obverse Description

Laureate head of Napoleon facing right; around, NAPOLEON EMP ET ROI; on neck truncation in small lettering, ANDRIEU F.

Reverse Description

View of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna; around, ACTIONS DE GRACES POUR LA PAIX; in exergue, ORDONNEES A VIENNE / PAR L'EMPEREUR NAPOLEON / LE XVIII . DECEMBRE / MDCCCV.

Edge Description

Plain

Significance

"On taking possession of Vienna, after the fatal surrender of Ulm, and the array of General Mack, and the signing of the treaty of peace at Presburg, Napoleon ordered a public thanksgiving to take place in the metropolitan church at Vienna, for the commemoration of which, the government of France ordered this medal to be struck." Laskey p. 111

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