Summary

Medal Bataille de Wagram 'Battle of Wagram', Issued by Napoleon Bonaparte (Emperor Napoleon I), France, 1809
Artist: Bertrand Andrieu and Andre Galle
Minted by Paris Mint

Obverse Description

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

Reverse Description

Hercules draped with the lions skin aiming a blow of his club on a fallen warrior on whom he treads; the warrior holds a shield but it is at his side and offers no protection and is supplicating for mercy; Hercules left arm encircles the waist of Victory, her head is laureated, and in her right hand, which is over her head, she holds a laurel wreath, in her left hand she carries the palm branch of peace; in exergue, BATAILLE DE WAGRAM. / VI JUILLET MDCCCIX.; below in small lettering, DENON D. GALLE F.

Edge Description

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Significance

"The Battle of Wagram (July 5-6, 1809) was one of the most important military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars and ended in a decisive victory for Emperor Napoleon I's French and Allied army against the Austrian army under the command of Archduke Charles of Austria-Teschen. The battle virtually spelled the destruction of the Fifth Coalition, the Austrian and British-led alliance against France" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wagram

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