Medal Dated 1812 By Andrieu And Denon (paris)

Obverse: Conjoined coats of arms, typical of a First Empire marriage. Provenance, combined with heraldic study, allows us to attribute these arms to two families from Hainaut: – d'Acoz – Gerpinnes – Châtelet (shield with an inverted chevron bearing a small charge in base) – de Rouveroy – Gosselies – Saint-Mard – Hollebeke (red shield with a chief charged with three rectangles). Reverse: Two winged angels making wreaths of flowers; below, the signatures: ANDRIEU F. – DENON D. Characteristics: Silver – approx. 32 g – 40 mm in diameter. Artistic context: Andrieu and Denon, respectively engraver and director of the Mint of Medals under Napoleon I, created coins for the most important official ceremonies, notably the medal commemorating the birth of the King of Rome in 1811. Edge inscription: L se AGC … RGSMH MARIÉS le 18 FÉVRIER 1812. This inscription echoes the traditional formula for marriage alliances of the First Empire. The precise date of February 18, 1812, forever fixes this memory of the Napoleonic era.