Lot 130: A Napoleon Bonaparte Surrender to H.B.M.S. Bellerophon Commemorative Medal by Mudie and Brenet

A commemorative medal from the early 19th-century Series of National Medals directed by James Mudie. The obverse features a Neoclassical profile bust of Napoleon Bonaparte in military uniform, inscribed NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI. and signed by the engraver ANDRIEU F. The reverse depicts two masted ships at sea, commemorating the surrender of Napoleon to Captain Maitland on 15 July 1815. The reverse is inscribed SURRENDER TO H.B.M.S. BELLEROPHON CAPT. MAITLAND. with the Roman numeral date XV. JULY MDCCCXV in the exergue. The signatures MUDIE D. and BRENET F. are present on the reverse.