The US Government is auctioning off items found in the Unabomber's Montana cabin. Among them is a medal of French emperor Napoleon. The Unabomber was Theodore Kaczynski, a former mathematics professor. ONE LOT TO CONSIST OF COIN MEDALLION. THIS COIN MEDALLION WAS FOUND DURING THE SEARCH OF KACZYNSKI~S MONTANA CABIN. 1531F811390030 It appears to be copper and around 2" wide. Government list of Unabomber items, the medal is listed as a "coin medallion". The listing is on an Ebay-type website and has all kinds of disclaimers. Also no returns. http://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucitsrh It has been bid up to $700 as of May 24. Here's a medal similar but not exactly like the Unabomber's: http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=69621 NAPOLEON I EMPEREUR DES FRANCAIS ROI D'ITALIE. NE 1769 CONSUL 1799 EMPEREUR 1804 MILAN, TURIN, LE CAIRE, ROME, NAPLES, VIENNE, AMSTERDAM, BERLIN,MADRID, LISBONNE, VARSOVIE, MOSCOU. CODE CIVIL 1804. ABDICATION 1814. ILE D'ELBE 1815. St. HELENE. MORT EN 1821. This silver bullion "round" found in the cabin is not part of the auction:
I've been interested in Napoleon medals for a long time and I have a couple. But one owned by the Unabomber makes it immediately unappealing.
