France, Italy. A President Of The Italian Republic Napoleon Bonaparte Medal 1803 Archive Medal of the Order Third

Medal of the Order Third Class

both of the insignias being a mirror image of the other and are designed for the left and right shoulders respectively

as published in the London Gazette on January 1

named to SS-Oberscharführer Franz Wiener of the Sicherheitspolizei

oxidation around edges of cross

France, Italy. A President Of The Italian Republic Napoleon Bonaparte Medal 1803 Archive Medal of the Order ThirdIn bronze, obverse illustrating the left facing bust of Napoleon Bonaparte, surrounded by the Latin inscription "NAPOLEONE IMP. DEI FR. RE D'ITAL. PROT. DELLA CONF. DEL RENO" and engraver marked "H. VASSALLO F", reverse with its image and inscription erased but "ET FOVET" remains faintly legible, measuring 44. 3 mm in diameter, edge nicks, poor. Footnote: The Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana) was a short lived (1802 1805) republic located in