RARE GOLD MEDAL WITH PROFILES OF THE SOVEREIGNS By Andrieu and Gallé "The Emperor Napoleon I and the Empress Marie-Louise. In a gold-marked red morocco case lined with green velvet. With handwritten note in pen "Gold medal struck on the occasion of the marriage of Napoleon and Marie-Louise, having belonged to Madame Mère, estate of Baron Larrey". Net weight: 17 g D. (medal): 25 mm - D. (case): 40 mm T.T.B. Source : Former Napoleonic collection of the Prince's Palace of Monaco (1st sale, lot 166) A rare gold medal representing the sovereign's profile, by Andrieu and Gallé Commentary: These medals were offered to the guests and crowds present. Some are also known to have been produced for the coronation of the Emperor or the birth of the King of Rome. Biography: Dominique Baron Larrey (1766-1842) Surgeon-in-chief of the Grande Armée, he followed Napoleon throughout his campaigns, right up to Waterloo. He was a professor at the Val-de-Grâce. Nicknamed "the soldier's Providence", he perfected a method of amputation known as circular flap amputation. His works include Mémoires de chirurgie militaire et campagnes (1812-1817), Relation des voyages et des campagnes de 1815 à 1840 (1840) (Académie des sciences, 1829).