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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 5444422, member: 110350&quot;]For anyone who hasn&#039;t already seen my original British &quot;Surrender of Napoleon After Waterloo&quot; medal in silver that [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] mentioned (I&#039;ve posted it before), here it is. It&#039;s one of the half-dozen medals I still have, and the only one in silver, from the James Mudie series of 40 medals, struck in 1820, commemorating British victories during the Napoleonic Wars (I once had about 35 of them, but sold most):</p><p><br /></p><p>Great Britain, Surrender of Napoleon, 1815 (struck 1820). Obv. Bust of Napoleon right, uniformed; NAPOLEON BONAPARTE; signature below / Rev. British man of war Bellerophon, in full sail, with Imperial Eagle on flag staff; Napoleon stands on quarterdeck with right hand inside coat; another ship beyond; SURRENDERED TO H.B.M.S. BELLEROPHON CAPT. MAITLAND. Exergue: XV JULY. MDCCCXV; signatures below. By T. Webb/N.G.A Brenet. AR 41 mm., 38.8 g. Eimer 1078, Mudie 37, BHM 884, Bramsen 1691. <i>Ex. Spink Auction 136, Oct. 7, 1999, Lot 992.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1236990[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1236991[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Although I do have several French Napoleonic medals, this is the only one I have with a reverse design directly based on Roman coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>France AR Medal Peace of Luneville, 1801 Artist: Bertrand Andrieu; minted by Paris Mint. Obv.: Bust of Bonaparte, head bare, facing right; around, BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRAN.SE.; on bust truncation, ANDRIEU F./ Rev.: Pax standing left with olive branch in raised right hand and cornucopia held in left arm; around, PAIX DE LUNEVILLE; in exergue, LE XX. PLUVOISE / AN IX [<i>= 9 Feb. 1801</i>]; on ground left in small letters, ANDRIEU F. Reference: Laskey XXI. 41 mm, 38.74 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1236993[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1236995[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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