3098 - EUROPEAN COINS AND MEDALS. FRANCE. Napoleon I, 1804–1814. Bronze medal (37.73 g). 1805, by B. Andrieu. Depicting the crossing of the Lech River and Napoleon’s speech on the bridge. Bust facing right with a laurel wreath; signature in the neck area / Napoleon, crowned by the goddess of victory and depicted as a Roman general on horseback, leads his troops across the bridge; below him, the river god; four lines of text in the lower section. Smooth edge. Approx. 40 mm. Bramsen 432. Julius Collection 1411. Zeitz 55. Fine coloration, tiny contact marks, excellent—mint luster.