France, Napoleonic Kingdom. A Breaking of the Treaty of Pressburg & Battle of Abensberg, April Medal 1809

Item #M0463-8

$135
In bronze, obverse illustrating a laureate warrior standing between two trophy-of-arms, inscribed "ABENSBERG ECKMUHL" above and "BATAILLES DES XX ET XXII. AVRIL MDCCCIX. / XL.M. PRISONNIERS" below, engraver marked "BRENET F" (Nicolas Guy Antoine Brenet) and "DENON D" (Dominique-Vivant Denon), reverse illustrating the Temple of Janus with its door smashed in, inscribed in Latin "TEMPLVM. JANI." on its frieze, inscribed "TRAITÉ DE PRESBOURG ROMPU PAR L'AUTRICHE / IX AVRIL MDCCCIX." below, engraver marked "ANDRIEU F. (Jean-Bertrand Andrieu) and "DENON DIE.", measuring 41 mm in diameter, bruised, edge nicks, very fine.