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Object NameMedal with Louis Antoine

Made FromBronze or copper

Date1815

Place MadeFrance, Paris

Techniqueminted

SizeOverall Diam: 4.1 cm

Accession Number86.7.5

Credit LineGift of Arthur Rubloff, by exchange

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionCoppery-brown bronze or copper; minted. Flat, circular disk; obverse with convex male portrait facing dexter, wearing military uniform with medals; inscribed around the edge "LOUIS ANTOINE/DUC D'ANGOULEME" and, below bust, "GAYRARD."; the reverse inscribed "JE DEMANDE, J'EXIGE MEME,/QUE LE ROI NE CEDE SUR REIN/POUR ME REVOIR;/JE NE CRAINS NI LA MORT/NI LA PRISON,/ JE SUIS PRET A TOUT,"/ET TOUT CE QUE DIEU M'ENVERRA/SERA BIEN RECU./LOUIS ANTOINE./PONT ST. ESTRIT/10 AVRIL 1815.".
Provenance

Source Sotheby's - 1986-03-24

Source Arthur Rubloff - 1986-03-24