France, July Monarchy. A Medal for the Inauguration of the Statue of Napoleon Bonaparte 1833

In bronze, obverse illustrating the statue of Napoleon Bonaparte by sculptor Emile Seurre, one of the most famous images of the Emperor with his hand on his stomach, dressed in his frock coat and bearing the famous bicorn hat, initially placed at the top of the Vendôme column and inaugurated on July 28, 1833 in the presence of Louis-Philippe I, the statue flanked by an upward-pointing sword with ribbon at the left and a mace surmounted by an eagle and backed by crossed branches of oak leaves, inscribed "JUIL. 1833" (Juillet = July), sculptor marked "SEUR IN." and engraver marked "DOMARD F.", reverse inscribed "À NAPOLÉON LE GRAND LA FRANCE RÉGÉNÉRÉE" within an open-ended wreath composed of two branches of laurel leaves, measuring 25 mm in diameter, buised, spotting, contact marks, fine.