NAPOLEON I - Lot 252

NAPOLEON I NAPOLEON GALL - IMP - ITALIAE REX - M - LUDOVICA FRANC - AUST - IMP - FIL - A - A-. Facing busts of Napoleon and Marie Louise. Underneath, palm and sprig of roses. HARNISCH F. R/. FELICIBUS NUPTIIS. Personified France seated on a pedestal pedestal inscribing VOTA PVBLICA on a shield presented to her by a winged child. In the field, two lit torches and a vase. On the base line, F. ZEICHNER. F. In exergue, VINDOB. XI. MARTII MDCCCX. Edge smooth. ♦ Bramsen 942; Julius 2248; Essling 1279 Silver medal by J.B.Harnisch and F. Zeichner 1810 Vienna. (50.91 g) Ø 47.91 mm Marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise Duchesse de Parme (eldest daughter of Francis I of Austria) in Vienna in 1810. Dull blank. Later strike. Superb. After their civil union on April 1, Napoleon I married Marie Louise de Habsbourg-Lorraine, daughter of Emperor Francis I of Austria, on April 2, 1810, in the Salon carré of the Louvre.