Napoleon - An Intimate Portrait


Gold medal awarded to Firmin Didot by First Consul Napoléon Bonaparte

Gold medal awarded to Firmin Didot by First Consul Napoléon Bonaparte

- 1800

Napoléon awarded this medal to the publisher Firmin Didot during the first industrial exhibition he sponsored to encourage French manufacturing, held at the Louvre in 1801. The medal represents a character with Phrygian cap (France) surrounded with different symbols: a plow for agriculture; a paddle for navigation; a compass for industry; and a caduceus for trade. It is engraved with the words “Encouragement and reward to the industry.”

Historical Provenance - Firmin Didot family collection

22-carat gold



RPPC

RPPC "Accidental Bridge" Lodi Ohio OH 1909 Posted Postcard

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J6/ Lodi Ohio RPPC Postcard c1910 4View Railroad Bridges Arches  174 picture

J6/ Lodi Ohio RPPC Postcard c1910 4View Railroad Bridges Arches 174

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Elyria OH Lodi Street Bridge 1906 Hand Colored Postcard Posted Bins Bookstore  picture

Elyria OH Lodi Street Bridge 1906 Hand Colored Postcard Posted Bins Bookstore

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Vintage RPPC Railroad Bridge Lodi Wisconsin One Cent Stamp Photo Postcard 1906 picture

Vintage RPPC Railroad Bridge Lodi Wisconsin One Cent Stamp Photo Postcard 1906

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c1940's Covered Bridge At Lodi Park Silverwood Indiana IN RPPC Photo Postcard picture

c1940's Covered Bridge At Lodi Park Silverwood Indiana IN RPPC Photo Postcard

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GIG Glass Magic Lantern Slide Photo NAPOLEON AT THE BRIDGE OF LODI, 1796 picture

GIG Glass Magic Lantern Slide Photo NAPOLEON AT THE BRIDGE OF LODI, 1796

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