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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Muzyck, post: 5306352, member: 83778&quot;]I had a memory growing up of a medal that my father kept in a jewel box that sat on top of his towering dresser in my parents bedroom. The only time I would go into that box would be to get a key for the front garage door in the rare case that it was locked for some reason so I never looked at it too carefully.</p><p><br /></p><p>My parents moved from New York to Florida in the 90s and I moved into their house in an arrangement that worked best for everyone. I paid rent and kept money in the family and took care of the house. Never thought about the medal and with time assumed it went to Florida with them. I purchased the house in 2008 when my father passed away.</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently I was doing a major clean up of the house emptying out all of the closets and way at the back of one small one with some old reels of photo slides I found that old jewel box. The only thing in it was a bunch of tie tacs and the medal!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll never know where he got it or why he chose to leave it behind.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking it up it was a lot more interesting than I would have imagined.</p><p><br /></p><p>To commemorate a Napoleon Museum Visit to view all of the items pillaged by Dominique-Vivant Denon. The Venus of the Medici. Medal by Romain-Vincent Jeuffroy, 1803.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1223884[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1223885[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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