I am trying to find more information about a bronze 44mm medal. Front has portrait with wreath right, NAPOLEON LE GRAND, Rev. "N" in ampora surrounded by wreath, Loi du 10 juin 1840. Thanks for any help
Hi Postumus, From your description I'm assuming its this medal. Nice one. Here's some info on it. The chapel of the Invalides was built at the end of the 17th century by Jules-Hardouin Mansart and contains Napoleon's tomb. In 1840, during the 'Return of the Ashes', a law passed on 10th June ordered the construction of the Emperor's tomb below the dome of the Invalides.On 5 May 1821, Napoleon I passed away on the island of St. Helena, where he had been in exile since 1815. He was buried near a spring, in the shade of a few weeping willows, in the "valley of Geraniums". His remains stayed there until 1840. In 1840, King Louis-Philippe decided to transfer the Emperor's body. French sailors, under the command of the Prince of Joinville, brought his coffin to France aboard the ship "Belle Poule". A state funeral accompanied the return of Emperor Napoleon I's ashes, which were transferred to Les Invalides on 15 December 1840 while the tomb was being built. The architect Visconti (1791-1853) was commissioned to make it in 1842 by King Louis-Philippe, who had extensive work carried out beneath the Dome, involving an immense excavation to create a space for the tomb. The body of Emperor Napoleon I was placed there on 2 April 1861.
No Prob. Seems to be a pretty valuable Medal. Here's an auction listing where one sold https://doyle.com/auctions/12cs02-c...logue/1091-napoleon-le-grand-bronze-medallion
