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Inv. 2936.
Lafayette medal produced for Napoleon. In the month of Fructose, year 9 of the
French Revolution (March 1801), the medalist A. J. Lienard
presented to the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte the five medals he had
produced in his series of famous men of the French Revolution; the Lafayette
medal was number 5. The reverse of the medal identifies Lafayette as the object
successively of idolatry and hatred, remembered only for his misfortunes and
services to the liberation of two worlds. The edge bears the inscription
REVOLUTION FRANCAISE. PAR LIENARD. AN
9. NO 5.
Silver,
32 mm, EF (Stack’s: “about uncirculated”). Fuld LA.1792.4. From the Stack’s Philadelphia Americana
Sale, 30 Sept. – 2 Oct. 2010, lot 5499.
$675
Figure 1
Lafayette medal by Lienard Figure 2 Lafayette medal by Lienard