Medal - Declaration of the Congress of Vienna

€112,053.00
LocationUnited Kingdom
Year1820
TypeCommemorative medals/Achievement medal
CompositionPewter (White metal)
Weight31.4 g
Diameter41 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
Technique
Orientation
Edge
Period
NoticeObverse: Nicolas-Guy-Antoine Brenet
Reverse: Alexis-Joseph Depaulis
Reference(s) BHM#869, Eimer#1064, Br#1597
Obverse descriptionFrench eagle looking left carrying a thunderbolt flying facing to the French coast from Elba (in distance over the rough sea). Temple of Janus with broken door to left. Lettering and dates in exergue
Obverse letteringXXVI. FEBRUARY MDCCCXV. MUDIE DIREX. BR. TEMPLVM · JANI
(Translation: 26th February 1815 Br = Brenet)
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionMercury hovering in the air to left above the terrestrial hemisphere (a map of northern Europe), carrying a scroll inscribed TO ARMS in outstretched left arm, and holding winged caduceus in lowered right arm
Reverse letteringDECLARATION · OF THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA XIII MARCH. J. MUDIE DIREX. DEP. F. TO ARMS
(Translation: De Paulis fecit = De Paulis made me)
Reverse scriptLatin
EngraverThomason`s Manufactory, Birmingham, United Kingdom (1790-1849)
MintageND (1820)  - -
Catalog ID7214222850
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