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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 4968100, member: 104887&quot;]Hi [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER],</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s mine. Reverse type look familiar? Very Ptolemaic, I&#039;d say.</p><p><br /></p><p>Copper French Napoleonic Medal - Br 1348.</p><p>Plain edge, original strike. 41 mm By Andrieu</p><p>Bramsen #1348 1814: The victories of February 1814; Laskey #135</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1194104[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse: </b>Head of Napoleon, laureate. NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> FEVRIER MDCCCXIV. An eagle perched on a thunderbolt, facing left, a</p><p>star above his head. In the left field a pair of fish; in the right a flying Victory holding out a wreath. Signed beneath the thunderbolt, BRENET F., DENON D</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This medal celebrates the February successes Napoleon had against the invading armies; the fish are, of course, the zodiacal sign of Pisces. Encouraged by his success, Napoleon rejected offers of the allies to leave him in possession of France and continued fighting. March was disastrous. Napoleon sent a message to his brother Joseph in Paris, telling him to hold on, and explaining that Napoleon was marching east to pick up more troops from the besieged forts there. The message was intercepted; the allies seized the opportunity to attack and occupy Paris.</p><p><br /></p><p>Laskey&#039;s 1818 image:</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1194105[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>- Broucheion[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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