Summary
Medal Colonne Departmentale, 'Departmental Column', Issued by France,1801
Artist: Jaques Edouard Gatteaux
Minted by Paris Mint
Obverse Description
Conjoined busts of the three Consuls in profile facing right; around above, BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL; aroond below, CAMBACERES SECD. CONSL. LE BRUN TROISE. CONSL. ; in exergue, CONSTITUTION / DE LA REPUB. FRANC. / AN VIII.
Reverse Description
Legend in nine lines, COLONNE / DEPARTEMENTALE / LUCIEN BONAPARTE / ETANT MINISTRE DE LTNTERIEUR / N. TH. B. FROCHOT PREFET DU / DEPT. DE LA SEINE, A POSE LA PRE. / PIERRE LE XXV MESSIDOR AN VIII / XI ANS APRES LE XIV JUILLET / M DCCL XXXIX.; around above, GUERRE DE LA LIBERTE; around below, LE DEPARTEMENT DE LA SEINE A SES BRAVES
Edge Description
Plain
Significance
"This medal commemorates the event of Lucien Bonaparte, Prime Minister of the Interior, and N. TH. B. Frochot, prefect of the Department of the Seine, on their laying the foundation-stone of a departmental column sacred to liberty and war, and dedicated to the army." Laskey p. 38
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 15 Mar 1976
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Date Issued
1801 AD
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Issued By
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Artist
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Mint
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Series
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Material
Bronze
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Type of item
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Dimensions
59 mm (Outside Diameter), 85.13 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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References
Laskey XV
[Book] Laskey, J. C. Medals Struck at the National Medal Mint by Order of Napoleon Bonaparte., 38 Pages
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