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Obverse, SM X154. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Justin Piperger
Medal commemorating Tsar Alexander I of Russia, 1814
1814
Bronze
Inscription: Obverse: ALEXANDRE I . EMPEREUER / DE TOUTES LES RUSSIES / DENON D
Inscription: Reverse: ANDRIEU FT / MDCCCXIV / DENON .D.
Museum number: X154
Not on display
Curatorial note
Obverse: head of the Emperor, wearing a laurel wreath, facing left. Reverse: seated winged figure above the date, 1814, in Latin numerals.
In 1814, the allied armies defeated the French army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Paris, the last battle of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon abdicated six days later and was exiled to the island of Elba. The The Russian Tsar Alexander I (1801-1825) led the allied armies at the battle and just as Napoleon had entered Moscow less than two years earlier, now he entered Paris.
To celebrate his triumph he had this medal designed and struck by Denon and Andrieu, Napoleon's medal makers at the French mint. His portrait is crowned with laurel, the symbol of victory while on the reverse a winged spirit of genius is writing "Séjour d'Alex à Paris" [Alexander's stay in Paris] on a tablet.
In 1814, the allied armies defeated the French army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Paris, the last battle of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon abdicated six days later and was exiled to the island of Elba. The The Russian Tsar Alexander I (1801-1825) led the allied armies at the battle and just as Napoleon had entered Moscow less than two years earlier, now he entered Paris.
To celebrate his triumph he had this medal designed and struck by Denon and Andrieu, Napoleon's medal makers at the French mint. His portrait is crowned with laurel, the symbol of victory while on the reverse a winged spirit of genius is writing "Séjour d'Alex à Paris" [Alexander's stay in Paris] on a tablet.
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