Description

Obverse: Bust of General Desaix, right, in military coat, within a wreath of laurel.

 

Obverse legend: LS. CH. ANTE. DESAIX NÉ A AYAT EN AOUT 1768. BRENET BATAILLE DE MARENGO. 25 PRAIRIAL AN 8.

 

Reverse legend: LE GÉNÉRAL DESAIX EST BLESSÉ A MORT: ALLEZ DIRE AU PREMIER CONSUL QUE J’EMPORTE LE REGRET DE N’AVOIR PAS FAIT ASSEZ POUR VIVRE DANS LA POSTERITÉ

 

Country: France

 

Medallist: Nicholas G. Brenet

 

Year: C.1800

 

Metal: Bronze

 

Weight: 59.45 g.

 

Diameter: 50 mm

The Battle of Marengo was fought on 14 June 1800 between French forces under the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces near the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont, Italy.