fme_1123267 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - NAPOLEON I Médaille, 5 lira
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Type : Médaille, 5 lira
Date: 1810
Metal : gilt copper
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : n.c g.
Edge : cannelée
Coments on the condition:
Sous plastique scellé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NAPOLEONE IMPERATORE E RE // 1810 / M.
Obverse description : Tête nue à droite.
Obverse translation : (Napoléon empereur et roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REGNO - D'ITALIA // 50. LIRA.
Reverse description : Écu écartelé à cinq quartiers : au 1 des États du Pape (Émilie-Romagne), au 2 de Milan, au 3 de Venise, au 4 de Ligurie, au 5 de Savoie-Sardaigne, posé sur le tout un écu d'Italie aux armes de la Couronne de Fer, entouré du collier de la Légion d'Honneur, soutenu par une aigle posée sur un foudre surmonté d'une étoile ; le tout posé sur un manteau couronné, brochant deux hallebardes.
Reverse translation : (Royaume d'Italie).
Commentary
Médaille conservée avec sa notice.
PS : Le poids comporte le tout 6,13g.
Medal preserved with its instruction leaflet. PS: Total weight 6.13g
PS : Le poids comporte le tout 6,13g.
Medal preserved with its instruction leaflet. PS: Total weight 6.13g
Historical background
ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - NAPOLEON I
(1805-1814)
Napoleon I accepted the crown of Italy on March 17, 1805. After a triumphal entry into Milan on May 8, 1805, Joséphine and he were crowned on May 26 by Cardinal Caprara. As in Paris a few months earlier, Napoleon crowned himself by exclaiming: "God gave it to me, beware whoever touches it". This exclamation will become the motto of the Order of the Iron Crown (cf. TOKENS IV, pp.III-V). The Emperor appointed his son-in-law, Prince Eugène de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy and left Milan on June 10, 1805. He returned to Paris on August 1 to join the Boulogne camp. The fate of Italy is now linked to that of France for nine years. At the beginning of January 1814, the defection of Murat, and his alliance with the Austrians then with the English in order to keep his kingdom of Naples, caused Italy to lose. Prince Eugene, despite a heroic defense, cannot prevent the collapse of the kingdom after Mantua falls. On April 6, 1814, Napoleon abdicated..
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