France, First Republic. Napoléon Bonaparte, as Premier Consul, with Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, as second Consul, Charles-François Lebrun, as third Consul, and Lucien Bonaparte, as Minister of the Interior. Medal dated 25 Messidor L'An 8 and 14 July 1800. Dies by Duvivier. (Bronze, 42 mm, 41.14 g). BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL Bust right, wearing military uniform broidered on the collar and on the chest; DUVIVIER on truncation; CAMBACERES SECOND CONSUL LEBRUN TROISME. CONSUL DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE in four lines below. Rev. LE PEUPLE FRANÇAISE À SES DÉFENSEURS above PREMIERE PIERRE DE LA COLONNE NATIONL. POSÉE PAR LUCIEN BONAPARTE MINISTRE DE L'INTÉRIEUR 25 MESSIDOR AN 8 14 JUILLET 1800 in seven lines. Bramsen 61; Zeitz 62/16. Near mint state.
Medal commemorating the placement of the Colonne Vendôme.