France. Paris. Louis Philippe I, 1830-1848. Medal for the arrival of Napoleon's ashes at the Invalides in Paris. 1844. Opus: Montagny (Gilted Bronze, 52.80 mm, 72.03 g). HIST DE LA REVOLUTION DE L'EMPIRE DE LA RESTAURATION ET DE LA MON DE 1830, Laureate head of Napoleon Bonaparte right; below, PUBLIÉ PAR POURRAT FRÈRES / A PARIS. Rev. Napoleon’s coffin is carried by his followers; on center, France holding laurel and olive branches and a long garland while an angel holds the letter N on an altar; behind, the Invalides and, in the distance, the Belle-Poule; in exergue, MONTAGNY FECIT. In the round, CUIVRE. Bramsen 1986. RdC 27. Extremely Fine.
The work by L. Vivien, "Histoire générale de la Révolution française, de l'Empire, de la Restauration, de la Monarchie de 1830", was published by Pourrat Frères in 1844. This medal was most likely an advertising piece commissioned by the publisher Pourrat Frères.
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