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The E-Sylum: Volume 24, Number 40, October 3, 2021, Article 10

NNP: BRAMSEN SERIES ON NAPOLEONIC MEDALS

The latest addition to the Newman Numismatic Portal is the Bramsen Series on Napoleonic Medals. Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following report. -Editor

  Napoleon and Marie-Louise medal Bramsen-952 Napoleon and Marie-Louise medal Bramsen-952 image
 

Bramsen Series on Napoleonic Medals

Collectors of Napoleonic medals immediately recognize Bramsen as referring to Ludvig Ernst Bramsen's multi-volume series (Médaillier Napoléon le Grand) on Napoleonic medals published from 1904 to 1913. Bramsen divided the work into three parts, with the first (1799-1809) providing coverage up to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, which represented the peak of the French empire. The second period (1810-1815) covers its subsequent decline, from the ill-fated Russian invasion to the battle of Waterloo. The final installment (1815-1869) includes the Napoleonic exile period and posthumous medallic tributes.

Although not illustrated, the text describes over 2,300 Napoleonic medals and remains the foundational guide for the series. Illustrated here is Bramsen-952, featuring jugate busts of Napoleon and Marie-Louise of Austria, on the occasion of their marriage in 1810 (image courtesy of Marc Ricard), along with a medal-ruled adaptation that appeared in Atkinson's Casket, February 1834.

Link to Bramsen volumes on Napoleonic medals on NNP:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/booksbyauthor/544024



Wayne Homren, Editor

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