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Description: | Bronze lifesaving medal, the "Brest Medal for Courage & Humanity". Obverse: Depiction of the head of Emperor Napoleon I laureate (R). Legend: "NAPOLEON EMP.ET ROI". Reverse, inscription incuse: (vertical) "COURAGE" (L) "HUMANITE" (R) "LA VILLE DE BREST A PONSOT PHILIBERT SERGENT D'ARTILLERIE DE MARINE DECERNEE en 1810". Fitted with a ring and tricolour ribbon. | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Subjects: | Emperor of France Napoleon Bonaparte | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Creator: | Andrieu, Bertrand | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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