Summary

Medal Entree a Berlin, 'Napoleon Enters Berlin', Issued by France & Prussia,1806
Artist: Bertrand Andrieu and Louis Jaley
Minted by Paris Mint

Obverse Description

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

Reverse Description

View of triumphal arch, surmounted by a figure of Victory in a chariot drawn by four horses, holding an olive branch in her hand; around above; PORTE DE BRANDEBOURG.; in exergue, L'EMPEREUR ENTRE A BERLIN / LE XXVII OCTOBRE / MDCCCVI; below in small lettering around rim, DENON DT. * JAFEY FT.

Edge Description

Plain

Significance

"After the decisive battle of Jena, the Emperor of the French took possession of Potsdam and Berlin, and sent as trophies of his victory, to Paris, the sword, scarf, and the insignia of the black eagle, which Frederick the Great had worn, also all the colours he took in the seven years war, and ordered them to be placed in the Hospital des Invalides. And further, to gratify the long wounded vanity of the French, he took down the monument erected in commemoration of the battle of Rosbach, and ordered it also to be conveyed to Paris, as a proof that the disgrace which that day had brought on the French arms, was at length effaced. On the 28th of October, 1806, he held a court at Berlin, and received and gave audience to many of the inhabitants of the city." Laskey p.130

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