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Medal - Napoleon I Wedding

Location Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy (Italian States)
Year 1810
Type Personality medal
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Obverse description Conjoined busts of Napoleon I, wearing the Iron Crown of Lombardy, and Marie-Louise, wearing a diadem, both in high relief facing right. The engraver's signature L. MANFREDINI F. appears along the lower field, with the encircling Latin legend divided around the portraits.
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Obverse lettering NAPOLEO M. I. ET R. AUG. MARIA ALOUISIA I. ET R. AUG. L.MANFREDINI F.
Reverse description In the central field, a winged genius (Hymen) grasps the arm of a retreating armoured soldier (Mars), leading him away from battle; a second winged figure to the right carries a bridal torch. The Latin legend curves around the upper border and the date in Roman numerals appears in the exergue below a ground line.
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