1794 FRANCE General Beauharnois, from French Revolution, a 32mm gilt bronze medal EF

Obv: Bust of Alexandre de Vicomte de Beauharnois, left.

Inscription within wreath. LE ROI PART / LE 21 JUIN 1791 / IL ABANDONE LES RÊNES / DU GOUVERNEMENT / BEAUHARNOIS PRÉSIDANT / L'ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE / MAINTIENT LE CALME / ET LA TRANQUILITÉ / PUBLIQUE (‘The King left on 21 June 1791, he abandoned the reins of government. Beauharnois, President of the National Assembly maintained the peace and public tranquility’).

32mm

Gilt bronze

Probably struck after 1880

Part of a series produced by P.G Leinard comprising of six medals commemorating important figures of the French Revolution.

General Beauharnois was the first husband of Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie, who later married Napoleon Bonaparte and became empress of the First French Empire. Beauharnais was executed by guillotine during the Reign of Terror.