elverno Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 1814 Le roi Frédéric-Guillaume visite la Monnaie des médailles, France Bramsen 1466 d'Essling 1520 Milan 838 41mm Link 1814 brought the first defeat of Napoleon and relief from war for the first time in a generation. The outpouring of medals was astonishing. In the grand tradition, when Allied royalty visited the medal mint in Paris they were presented with visitation medals, such as this one for Frederick William III of Prussia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted September 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 1814 Première entrée de Louis XVIII à Paris, France Bramsen 1411 d'Essling 1467 50mm Link I really don't care for Louis XVIII. He was weak and allowed others to run his country when he had an opportunity to reconcile the Bonapartist community to the royalist. His inactivity or active resistance to progress meant that the Hundred Days was inevitable, though perhaps that is unfair. To think that Napoleon would stay on Elba is to ignore his ambitition or ability. But he might have been forced to return as King of Italy rather than France; and history might have been quite different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted September 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 1814 The Peace of Paris, Great Britain BHM 810 Bramsen 1440 25mm Link The Emperor Alexander of Russia was very popular in Great Britain until about the time of this medal. That's when he showed up in England and managed to offend just about everyone. But it's a great medal though I can't tell whether it's copper or brass. 1814 Visit of Czar Alexander I to London, Great Britain BHM 849 Bramsen 1471 d'Essling 1523 43mm Link RR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted September 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2006 1814 Paix de Paris, Austria Bramsen 1457 d'Essling 1509 52mm Link 52mm Link A large medal by the Czech or Polish (authorities differ) engraver Zbirow in "pig iron", a very brittle material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted September 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2006 1814 The Duke of Cambridge, Great Britain BHM 777 Mudie XXXI 41mm Link One of the results of the end of the war was that George III recovered his family's ancestoral lands of Hanover. Hanover was famous throughout Europe for its horses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted September 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 1814 Alexander Ier de Russie, German States Bramsen 1543 23mm Link The Lauer workshop must have been working 24 hours a day to produce the incredible output of this period. This was originally silvered brass. 1814 Paix de Paris, Saxony 25mm Link While this piece is very common it is also unlisted. However I group it with the other, similar, Lauer jetons as c. 1814. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted September 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 1814 Paix de Paris, German States 24mm Link The Lauer jeton probably dates from the First Restoration period. There are several listed jetons with the same reverse from that time but the Louis XVIII doesn't show up in the books. Another, this one with Friedrich Wilhelm III as the subject. 24mm Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted September 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 c. 1814 Louis XVIII, France. 25mm Link A lot of these jetons are just tough to place. This one could date as late as 1818 or so but my guess is First Restoration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted October 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 1814 Première entrée de Louis XVIII à Paris, France Bramsen 1409 d'Essling 1466 68mm Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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