Lot including : - Lot 454

Lot including : - a bronze medal for the return of Napoleon's ashes by de Paulis. featuring on the obverse SAINTE HELENE V MAI MDCCCXXI - Laureate bust of Napoleon I, lying on his deathbed and on the exergue: JE DÉSIRE QUE MES CENDRES REPOSENT/ SUR LES BORDS DE LA SEINE,/ AU MILIEU DE CE PEUPLE FRANÇAIS/ QUE J'AI TANT AIMÉ, signature DEPAULIS F. In a box (medal blocked, lid closure defect - Diam.: 6.1 cm - Box - Diam.: 9 cm); - a bronze medal featuring on the obverse Napoleon by Bovy, the rim engraved Napoleon Emperor, the reverse MEMORIAL DE AT HELENE - Tombeau de Napoléon à Sainte Hélène - and in the exergue 5 Mai MDCCCXXI/ PARIS 15 DEC / MDCCCXL. In a box (Diam.: 4 cm - Box - Diam.: 6 cm) - a medal featuring on the obverse a bust of Napoleon Bonaparte in general's uniform by Gayrard, on the reverse Victory with spread wings flying to the right over Italy, holding in her right hand a sword and in her left a palm and laurel wreath, engraved JEUFFROY F. and DENON Dir. with the exergue BATAILLE DE MONTENOTTE / MDCCXCVI (Diam. : 4 cm) A miniature depicting a person writing in a brass frame is included. (accidents, cracks and missing parts) Diameter: 7 cm