Historical Medals

FRANCE, a set of eight uniface lead or pewter clichés by B. Andrieu, comprising: Storming of the Bastille, 1789, 80mm; Arrival of Louis XVI in Paris, 1789, 80mm; St Bernard Pass, yr 8 [1800], 65mm; Battle of Marengo, yr 8 [1800], 65mm; Napoleon, laureate head left, 64mm; Napoleon, laureate bust right, 65mm; Empress Josephine, diademed bust right, 65mm; Empress Marie Louise, diademed bust right, 64mm [8]. Extremely fine, each with glazed lunette; housed on velvet tray within leather-bound wooden box, the lid stamped admiral page. ipswich, 1820. £200-£260