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Great Britain: Napoleon Death on St Helena / Biography

Great Britain: Napoleon Death on St Helena / BiographyGreat Britain: Napoleon Death on St Helena / Biography
Great Britain: Napoleon Death on St Helena / BiographyGreat Britain: Napoleon Death on St Helena / Biography
Form: Circular
By: Sir Edward Thomason and Charles Jhones
Date: 1821
Ref:  Laidlaw: 0020;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
53.9 mmBronze69.7 gm$150
54 mmWhite Metal68.4 gm$80

Edge: Plain

Obverse: Within a continuous wreath, bust of Napoleon, right, “EMPEROR” on left and: “NAPOLEON” on right. Legend: “DIED 5 MAY BURIED IN RUPERTS VALLEY ST HELENA 9 MAY 1821”. Signed at the foot: “THOMASON & JONES . D”

Reverse: Thirty six lines with biographical details of Napoleon’s life from his birth on 16th August 1769 to his arrival at St Helena on 15th October 1815.

“BORN 15 AUG. 1769 / GEN. AT THE SIEGE OF TOULON 1793 / COMMANDED THE ARMY OF ITALY 1796. / BATT. OF LODI. CASTIGLIONI.& ARGOLA 1796. / SAILED FOR EGYPT 20 MAY 1796 . RET . 7 OCT . 1799 . / DISOLVED THE CONVENTIONAL GOV . 9 NOV . 1799 . / DECLARED FIRST CONSUL . 10 NOV . 1799 . / PASSED Mt St BERNARD . 15 MAR BATT. OF MARANGO 16 JUNE 1800 / THE CICALPINE REPUBLIC PLACED UNDER HIS GOV . 26 JAN 1802 / THE LEGION OF HONOR INSTITUTED 15 MAY 1802 . / DECLARED CONSUL FOR LIFE 2 AUG 1802 / CONQUERED HANOVER 5 JUNE 1803 / DECLARED EMPEROR 18 MAY CROWNED BY THE POPE .. NOV 1804 / DECLARED KING OF ITALY 26 MAY 1805 / CAPTURED MACKS ARMY AT ULM 20 OCT. ENTERED VIENNA 13 NOV. 1805 / BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ 2 DEC. 1805 / CONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE PUBLISHED 27 JUNE 1806 / BATTLE OF JENA 14 OCT. ENTERED BERLIN 27. OCT. 1806 / SURRENDER OF MADRID 4 DEC. 1808 / ENTERED VIENNA 10. MAY. BATT OF ESLING 22 MAY & OF WGRAM 6 JULY 1800 / MARRIED M. LOUISA DAUGHTER OF THE EMP. FRANCIS II MAR. 11. 1810 / HOLLAND & THE HANSE TOWNS ANNEXED TO THE FR. EMP. 9 JULY 1810 / KING OF ROME BORN 20 AUG 1811 / ENT MOSCOW 14 SEP. EVACUATED IT 20 OCT. RET. TO PARIS 18 DEC 1812 / BATTLE OF LEIPSIC 18 OCT 1913 / ALLIES PASSED THE RHINE 4 JAN. & ENT. PARIS 31 MAR. 1814 / ABDICATED THE THRONE OF FRANCE 11 AP. 1814 / DECLARED EMP. OF ELBA BY THE ALLIES 11 AP. 1914 / ARRIVED AT ELBA 8 MAY 1814 / RET. TO FRANCE 1 MAR. ENT. PARIS 20 MAR 1815 / BATTLE OF WATERLOO 18 JUNE 1815 / ABDICATED IN FAVOUR OF HIS SON 22 JUNE 1815 / SURRENDERED HIMSELF TO ENG. 18 JULY 1815 / SENT TO S. HELENA 7 AUG. 1815 / ARRIVED AT S. HELENA / 15 OCT. 1815”

Notes: Reference: Bramsen 1851.

St. Helena is a small island in the South Atlantic 2000 km west of Southern Africa. After Napoléon's defeat at the the Battle of Waterloo, he was taken to the island in October 1815 where he resided as a captive in Longwood House until his death on 5 May 1821.