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Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duc d'Enghien

French
1804

Medium/Technique Metal; bronze
Dimensions Diameter and weight: 41 mm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Henry H. Fay
Accession Number13.812
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismaticsMedals

DescriptionCircular medal of Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duke of Enghien (1772-1804), commemorating his death.

Obverse: Profile bust of Louis-Antoine-Henri. looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "L.A.H. DE BOURBON CONDE DUC D'ENGHIEN" and under bust "E. GATTEAUX".

Reverse: Triumphal horse with shield bearing fleur-de-lis behind and a military tent at proper left; inscribed above "PERIIT HEROS" and below "VINCENNAE XXI MART[IS]/MDCCCIV".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed under bust "E. GATTEAUX" and at edge "L.A.H. DE BOURBON CONDE DUC D'ENGHIEN".

Reverse: Inscribed above "PERIIT HEROS" and below "VINCENNAE XXI MART[IS]/MDCCCIV".
ProvenanceBy 1913, Henry H. Fay; 1913, gift of Henry H. Fay to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)