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FRANCE: Napoelon I, Emperor, 1804-1814, AE medal, Paris mint, 1805. NGC MS64

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FRANCE: Napoelon I, Emperor, 1804-1814, AE medal, Paris mint, 1805. NGC MS64
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FRANCE: Napoelon I, Emperor, 1804-1814, AE medal, Paris mint, 1805, Julius-1471, Bramsen-460, 40mm, "Venice Restored to Italy" by Jean-Bertrand Andrieu, laureate head of Napoleon facing right; around, NAPOLEON EMP ET ROI; on neck truncation in small lettering, ANDRIEU F. // view of the Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal of Venice; above, on the upper part of the field of the medal, a small Gondola, a Dolphin, and a Hydrus or Water Serpent, emblematic of the Adriatic sea and the numerous canals of Venice.; in exergue VENISE RENDUE / A L'ITALIE / XXVI. DECEMBRE / MDCCCV; below exergue line in small lettering, BRENET F. - DENON D., NGC graded MS64 BR. After the Grande Armée had defeated the forces of the Austrian Empire at Austerlitz, Francis, according to the 1805 Treaty of Pressburg, had to cede the Venetian territory to the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.