FRANCE Medal "à la Fidélité" in the profile of the First Consul Bonaparte, by Andrieu Gilt bronze. Obverse marked "BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REPUBLIQUE", reverse marked "A LA FIDELITE". Small tricolour ribbon. D. 37 mm T.T.B. Reference : Aubin MILLIN, Histoire métallique de Napoléon. N°56 (Plate XVII) "It is not known on what occasion this medal was struck". Two similar medals, not in collections. There is also an Italian model celebrating the Consulate for life. Provenance : Former Napoleonic collection of the Prince's Palace of Monaco (1st sale, lot 72) A gilt bronze medal with the First Consul Bonaparte in profile