elverno Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 1810 King George III: Golden Jubilee of His Reign, Great Britain BHM 680 42mm Link George III's jubilee was like a birthday that never ends; they started a year early and carried on into the main year itself. This particular design was struck in two different sizes and multiple metals. The 42mm was only struck in white metal and is rare. THe crude piercing is common. The much more common 48mm white metal version: 48mm Link While this one is crudely pierced at the top, the hole in the center is more professionally done. You have to wonder how that hole would have facilitated wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 1810 Chambre de Commerce de Lyon, France Bramsen 1075 d'Essling 1955 32mm Link A pretty piece though strangely misaligned, at least for an octagonal medal, on the obverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 1810 Imprisonment of Sir Francis Burdett, Great Britain BHM 690 26mm Link 26mm Link 26mm Link This is the relatively common plain copper version. One of the most repressive governments of the era was the British. If you spoke out against government policies or the King you could be imprisoned or hung. Sir Ralph Burdett was imprisoned for speaking against policy while a member of Parliment! The link features excepts from the watercolorist Farrington's diaries; a contemporary and inciteful look at British life from just on the edges of the inner circles. A copper uniface impression of the obverse of BHM 689 BHM 689 48mm Link The actual medal: 48mm Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 1810 King George III: Golden Jubilee of His Reign, Great BritainBHM 680 42mm Link A goose-necked eagle! The various medallists had great imaginations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 No kidding Bill! I always thought this bust was probably a more accurate depiction of George III than some of the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 1810 Direction générale des Musées impériaux, France d'Essling 2245 32mm Link Not much is known about this organization though it thrived about 1810. This is a restrike from around 1850. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 1810 Mariage à Paris avec Marie-Louise, France Bramsen 958 mule 15mm Link The obverse is from an early die where the N's in the legend are reversed. The reverse is by a completely different engraver. Bramsen 958 Edwards 551 d'Essling 1293 15mm Link Post 1880 restrike Napoleon divorced Josephine early in 1810 for reasons of state. Without an heir of his blood he was convinced his dynasty would not survive his lifetime. After abortive negotiations with Russia for an arch-duchess he abruptly picked Marie-Louise of Austria to be his bride. The breaking off of negotiations led to the cooling of relations between Russia and France. But the truth is that the Russian royals were never going to let Napoleon marry into their family. Bramsen 956 variant Laskey CXIII d'Essling 1290 15mm Link Like the coronation medals of 1804 these tiny jetons were tossed from the carriages to the crowds lining the streets of Paris. This variant was deliberately struck to resemble an ancient coin or medal. Bramsen 956 Laskey CXIII d'Essling 1290 15mm Link Bramsen 957 var d'Essling 1291 15mm Link 15mm Link This variant does not include the IER in the obverse legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 1810 King George III: Golden Jubilee of His Reign, Great Britain BHM 684 48mm Link This beauty is by Küchler, an engraver whose work was notoriously restruck after his death. This is an exception, the work was a commission and the buyer insisted the dies be destroyed after the striking. This is one of 500 bronzed copper strikes and here is the true rarity: The metal case of issue, almost never seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 1810 A. Portal Bramsen 1057 d'Essling 2923 28mm Link I haven't been able to find out much information about Dr. Portal. And he had one of those unfortunate names in today's language; just try to Google "A. Portal" ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 1810 Loge des Francs Chevaliers, France Bramsen 1085 Marvin CCLII d'Essling 2148 27mm Link One difference between French masons and virtually the entire rest of the masonic world is the early and continued acceptance of women in their lodges or associated female lodges. This is probably one that had the Imperial Family's females as part of its membership. Struck c. 1810 the reverse legend translates roughly, God, the Emperor, the Women. Could just be a toast I suppose... 1810 Maçonnerie de Paris, France Brasmen 936 d'Essling 2140 Marvin DCLXX mule, note 486 32mm Link 32mm Link tin c.1810 Scottish Lodge of United Soldiers, France Marvin 237 28mm Link While the principal authority on Masonic medals (Marvin) had no date for this it came in an old style paper with other authorities written on it and the date 1810. It's possible that one of those other references gave the old owner a clue to the date. The style is First Empire though unsigned and the Lodge primarily worked during the same period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 The metal case of issue, almost never seen. Yet another great surprise. I love touches such as this that add to the enjoyment of an already exceptional medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 1810 Calendar Medal, Great Britain 38mm Link A copper gilt example by Kempson and Son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 1810 Jeton de Presence, France Bramsen 1061 d'Essling 2845 32mm Link At the time I purchased this I had never spent so much for a medal. Since then I've been offered ten times what I paid. Copper octagonal pieces are quite rare, they were usually struck in silver or gold. Pastor Marron was president of the Consistorium in Paris but this was probably a personal jeton or issued by one of the church groups he was associated with. I think it's one of the most beautiful I own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 1810 Chambre des Entrepreneurs de Maçonnerie, France Bramsen 938 d'Essling 2141 32mm Link Despite the date on the medal and the placing of the medal in 1810 it was in fact engraved about 1845 by Rogat. It appears to be a masonic medal but it is noted as an "operative" medal in a footnote in Marvin. This means it was actually issued by a guild of masons or stoneworkers as opposed to the "speculative" society everyone thinks they know about... Oddly, the only historic thing that happened on 13 January 1810 was that Napoleon essentially disinherited his entire family in anticipation of taking a new wife and having an heir. Perhaps something to do with the guild itself happened on the same day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 A goose-necked eagle! The various medallists had great imaginations. Hmm, I was more tinking of a vulture.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 1810 Visite du Roi et de la Reine de Baviere a la Monnaie des Médailles, France Laskey CIX Edwards 534 Bramsen 939 d'Essling 1278 41mm Link Another medal mint visitation medal. A white metal trial strike: 41mm Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 1810 Arrivée de l'Impératrice à Strasbourg, France Bramsen 949 Edwards 543 d'Essling 1285 32mm Link Napoleon and Marie-Louise of Austria were married by proxy in Vienna (meaning Napoleon wasn't there) and she set out to travel to Paris as Empress of France. Travel in those days was in poorly constructed carriages on dirt roads. Even the best of roads would hardly count as a county access road today. By the time she entered Strasburg and therefore France, she was exhausted and took two days out to recover a bit before continuing. Napoleon was impatient and met her on the way to Paris and, since they technically were married, found a room and had his way. Something of a bastard in how he treated women but not significantly different from most men of the day. Little wonder that in 1815 when Napoleon ordered her to return to him in France during the Hundred Days that she preferred to keep their son in Austria and dally with the lover her father had hand-picked to prevent her from wanting to go. Like I said, not only Napoleon... Bramsen 950 Edwards 543a d'Essling 1285 32mm Link A rare variant in silver, ex-jewelry damaged. The difference is the number of olives at the bottom of the right hand wreath branch on the reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 1810 Mariage à Paris avec Marie-Louise, France Bramsen 959 15 x 14mm Link It's difficult at this remove of time to explain how thoroughly the fad of emulating ancient Roman and Greek fashion permeted French and European culture. This tiny medal was struck without a collar in order to get the rough look of those early medals and coins that formed the basis of most coin collectors' cabinets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 1810 Arrivée de l'Impératrice à Strasbourg, FranceBramsen 949 Edwards 543 d'Essling 1285 32mm Link Your master catalog notes the engraver's name was erased on the die. (I'm assuming the rough blob along the top left of the exergue is what you are referring to. Do you have any idea why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 I'm guessing that it was an accident with the die. But Courtot was something of a royalist (read Bourbonist) at heart so he might have been out of favor. Courtot also only worked in Strasburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 1810 Le Maréchal Oudinot, France Bramsen 1053 42mm Link Because of the obverse damage I acquired this beauty for $5. Oudinot was created a marshal of France because of his performance in the 1809 campaigns. He is best remembered for his converging the grenadier companies of his division to create elite shock forces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 1810 Mariage à Vienne avec Marie-Louise, France Bramsen 949 Edwards 537 d'Essling 1280 28mm Link The Austrian medals celebrating the marriage of a royal daughter to the Ogre are much more subdued than the French. Nevertheless this piece was worn for a considerable time as jewelry and has the usual damage from inexpert removal. Like all ex-jewelry I paid melt for this piece and it's a filler until a nicer one crosses my path when I'm flush... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 1810 Lord Grenville Elected Chancellor of Oxford University, Great Britain BHM 695 41mm Link It was a hotly contested election and only the fact that the Tory party was divided did it mean that Lord Grenville got elected. This brass, or brass gilt, medal is rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 1810 King George III: Golden Jubilee of His Reign, Great Britain BHM 682 25mm Link 25mm Link 25mm Link 25mm Link Silvered copper If you look at the rings inside the reverse rays of the top example you can see that it was struck from a different die than the others. I haven't seen any other examples of this variant but it's pretty easy to spot once you know it's there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 1810 Mariage de Louis, prince héritier de Bavière et de Thérése de Saxe, Bavaria d'Essling 1328 22mm Link This marriage and the subsequent celebrations in a meadow outside of Munich proved to be so popular that they have continued until today. Although today they're known as Oktoberfest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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