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Lot # 976
France. Napoleon (1804-1814). Medal 1812 'Battle of Moscow'. Bramsen 1162; Julius 2528. Opus: Andrieu amd Jeuffroy. Denon as mintmaster. On the edge BRONZE lettering. EF. The Battle of Borodino, also known as the Battle of the Moskowa, was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the Napoleonic Wars. It involved over 250,000 men, with around 80,000 soldiers either killed or wounded. Napoleon described it as 'the most terrible of my battles.'.