France, Napoleon Bonaparte, 1804-1814, Gold Medal 1804, laying of the foundation stone for the Desaix monument, NGC MS 63, Top Pop

France. First Empire. Napoleon Bonaparte, 1804-1814. Gold Medal, 16.02 g.; 12 h. Laying of the foundation stone for the Desaix monument at the Hospice du Grand Saint-Bernard in Switzerland, by Droz et Brenet Paris.
Obverse: Av. NAPOLEON EMPEROR. Head laurel to left; below signatures DENON DIR. DROZ FECIT //
Reverse: NAPOLEON AT THE MANES OF DESAIX. Funerary monument of Desaix; at the exergue: Iere PIERRE POSÉE PAR L'EMPEREUR LE XXIV PRAIRI. AN XIII and signatures BRENET. F DENON D.

Br.426 - Ess.1077 - Jul.1396 v.

TOP POP, by far the finest of only two to appear in commerce in the last 20 years. NGC MS 63