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Description: | Medal commemorating the invasion of England, 1804. Obverse: Head of the Emperor Napoleon I laureate (right). Legend: 'NAPOLEON EMPEREUR.' Reverse: Hercules standing strangling a lion with a rope. Legend: 'EN L'AN XII 2000 BARQUES SONT CONSTRUITES.' (In the year XII 2000 barges were built.) These were for the invasion.
caption: Medal commemorating the planned invasion of England, 1804; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the planned invasion of England, 1804; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Emperor of France Napoleon Bonaparte | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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