Summary

Medal Conquete de l'Illyrie 'Conquest of Illyria', Issued by Napoleon Bonaparte (Emperor Napoleon I), France, 1809
Artist: Bertrand Andrieu and Alexis J. Depaulis
Minted by Paris Mint

Obverse Description

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

Reverse Description

A cow suckling a calf; above, the club of Hercules; in exergue, CONQUETE DE L'ILLYRIE / M.DCCCIX.; below in small lettering near the rim, DEPAULIS F. DENON. D.

Edge Description

Plain

Significance

In the expose of Count Montalvet, he says, "the Illyrian provinces cover Italy, give her a direct communication with Dalmatia, procure us a point of immediate contact with the Empire of Constantinople, which it must be the wish and intention of France for so many reasons to support and protect." Laskey p. 175

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