Flight of Napoleon from Elba. Declaration of the congress of Vienna - 1815

Side 1: In ex.: XXVI. FEBRUARY MDCCXV. / MUDIE DIREX.
On the edge of the ex.: BR.

Side 2: DECLARATION OF THE CONGRESS OF THE VIENNA.
In ex.: XIII MARCH. To left: J. MUDIE DIREX.; to right: DEP. F.

Bramsen 1597, d'Essling 1559, BHM 869, Mudie Series 32
Mm. 41 - White metal
Engravers: Brenet/De Paulis

Bramsen 1597 - Déclaration du congrès de Vienne (Description).
DECLARATION OF THE CONGRESS OF THE VIENNA. Mercure planant dans les airs au-dessus du globe terrestre. Dans la main gauche il montre un rouleau avec l'inscription: TO ARMS. Exergue: XIII MARCH.
Rev: Une aigle portant le foudre plane au-dessus de la mer agitée, laquelle laisse voir l'île d'Elbe. A gauche, au premier plan, un temple aux portes brisées avec l'inscription: TEMPLVM. JANI. Exergue: XXVI. FEBRUARY MDCCXV.
Médaille, 41 mm. - Inédite; cabinet de l'auteur.

British Historical Medals - 869 - FLIGHT OF NAPOLEON FROM ELBA
AR, AE, 41 by N.G.A. Brenet and A. J. De Paulis
Obv. French eagle carrying a thunderbolt flying to the French coast from Elba. Temple of Janus with broken door to left. In exergue: XXVI . FEBRUARY / MDCCCXV
Rev. Mercury flying left, carrying a scroll inscribed TO ARMS. Above:DECLARATION OF THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA. In exergue: XIII MARCH
AR R; AE N.
Fi. 480; M. 32
AM; HC; ML; UM.

Having spent nine months on Elba and being constantly informed of events in France and Italy, Napoleon left the island on the night of 26th February 1815; he landed near Antibes at the head of 1,000 men and marched for Paris.

   One of Mudie's National Medals (see No. 1057) issued in 1820. Examples of this medal are believed to have been struck in gold but no specimen has been met with. See also note to No. 796 .

Mudie Series n. XXXII - Flight of Napoleon from Elba - Description of the medal

...OBVERSE. - The Flight of Napoleon from Elba is here emblematically expressed by en Eagle with a thunder-bolt, advancing to the French coast from the isle of Elba. The broken down doors of the temple of Janus shadow out the rupture of the general Peace consequent on Buonaparte's flight. The date of this flight is on the exergue.
...REVERSE. - Mercury (the fabled Messsenger of the Gods) is carrying an account of the event throughout Europe, with an invitation, "TO ARMS." On the face of the Medal is marked "DECLARATION OF THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA." On the exergue is the date of the Declaration "13TH MARCH."

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