World Medals: Brenet, Nicolas Guy Antoine (1773-1846); b. Paris, and Auguste, Henri (French, 1759-1816); b. Paris ITALY/FRANCE, Battaglia di Marengo e morte del generale Desaix [Battle of Marengo and Death of General Desaix], AN 8 [1800], a copper medal by N.G.A. Brenet and H. Auguste, bust of Desaix right within wreath, rev. legend in seven lines, 50mm, 60.30g (Bramsen 44; Zeitz 14; BDM I, 88; Slg. Julius 807; cf. WAG e164, 145; cf. Varesi e10, 129; cf. Silich I, 60). About extremely fine £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Swiss Bank Corporation September 1997. Louis Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux (1768-1800) had served on the Rhine and distinguished himself in the Egyptian campaign; he was killed by a musket ball on the verge of the battle of Marengo, in Piedmont, being won on 14 June 1800