Italy. Mantova. Napoleon Bonaparte. Medal for the capitulation of Mantua and the battles of Arcole and Rivoli. 1797. Opus: Gatteaux (Bronze, 35 mm, 20.69 g). VIRGILIVS - MARO, Diademed head of Publius Vergilius Maro right; on the neck cut, E GATTEAUX; below, DENON DT. Rev. CAPITULATION DE MANTOUE XXX JANVIER MDCCXCVII, Mural crown with swimming swan below. Hennin 782. Julius 532. De Félissent 192. Essling 702. Adani, p. 16. Turricchia 55. Good Extremely Fine.
After the battles of Castiglione and Peschiera, Napoleon evacuated his troops from the Veneto to move them toward Mantua, considered one of the most important fortresses in Europe. The forces of the Corsican general pressed on Mantua, and after bloody fighting, the war council and commander Wurmser agreed to the capitulation of the Virgilian city. (Cf. E. Adani, "Le medaglie napoleoniche riguardanti l’Italia 1796-1816", Bologna, 1969)
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