World Medals: Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône FRANCE, Organisation de l’instruction publique [The Organization of Public Education], 1802, a copper medal by B. Andrieu for D.-V. Denon, bust of Napoléon to right, rev. Roman youth seated on a plinth to left, reading, palm frond in front and a star above his head, 40mm, 31.48g (Bramsen 214; Zeitz 25; CGMP p.36; BDM I, 53; Slg. Julius 1086; cf. Hirsch 410, 3879; cf. Nomisma 74, 624; cf. Varesi e10, 193). Small stain above Napoléon’s forehead, otherwise extremely fine £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Swiss Bank Corporation September 1997. Napoleon reorganised public education in France through a law, enacted on 1 May 1802, which replaced revolutionary central schools with state-controlled secondary lycées. The state mandated core subjects, emphasising classical Latin and Greek, modern mathematics and physics