FRANCE Medal 1800 Napoleon Bonaparte (1st Consul). Battle of Marengo. aXF

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1800, France, Napoleon Bonaparte (1st Consul). Battle of Marengo. Bronze Medal.

Mint Year: 1800
Medallist: Brenet & Auguste
Reference: Bramsen 38, Julius 796.
Denomination: Medal - Battle of Marengo.
Condition: Minor deposits, some digs ans scratches, otherwise about XF, apparently with an original suspension loop of the time, suggesting, that the medal was given as a military award, possibly for the involvment at the Battle of Marengo.
Diameter: 50mm (without the suspension loop)
Material: Bronze
Weight: 61.16gm


Obverse: Bust of Bonaparte, head bare, facing left; around edge, a closed laurel wreath. Legends below and around. All within wreath.
Legend: BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REP'. FRANCE.
Exergue: BATTAILLE DE MARENGO. / 25 ET 26 PRAIRIAL / AN 8.

Reverse: Memorial legend in nine lines commemorating the Battle of Marengo.
Legend: LE PREMIER CONSUL / COMMANDANT / L'ARMEE DE RESERVE / EN PERSONNE: / ENFANS / RAPELLEZ-VOUS / QUE MON HABITUDE EST / DE COUCHER SUR LA CHAMP / DE BATTAILLE.



The Battle of Marengo was fought on 14 June 1800 between French forces under the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces near the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont, Italy. Near the end of the day, the French overcame General Michael von Melas's surprise attack, drove the Austrians out of Italy and consolidated Bonaparte's political position in Paris as First Consul of France in the wake of his coup d'état the previous November.

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