France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the conquest of Illyria. Dated 1809. Dies by Andrieu and Depaulis. NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI., laureate head to right; ANDRIEU F. on neck truncation / Cow standing to right and looking back at suckling calf standing to left, club above; CONQUÊTE DE L'ILLYRIE M.DCCCIX. in two lines in exergue, DEPAULIS F. DENON D. below. Bramsen 879. 42.96g, 41mm, 12h.

Mint State; reverse design in high relief.

From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.