While a medal was struck at Paris, to record the reduction of Mantua, the Cisalpine republic engraved one on the same subject, representing the city of Mantua placing its capitulation in the hands of a hero. In the back ground is the aqueduct which crosses the marshes surrounding the town. On the reverse, a laurel crown and a thunder bolt, with this
INSCRIPTION ON THE FIELD.
To the victorious Italian Army.
Decreed the 27th Pluviose, 5th Year of the Republic.
(11th February, 1797.)