No. 120. BATTLE OF MONT SAINT JEAN.

This disastrous battle was the most fatal epoch in the life of Napoleon. The medal recording the dreadful event represents, on one side, the head of the Emperor; and, on the reverse, all the paraphernalia of war heaped together and broken; an overthrown laurel still hangs over them. Fortune flies, taking with her the palm of victory.

Note: This medal, commemorating the Battle of Waterloo, is known only from Scargill's description and a 50 mm copy made by Petit, who attributes the design to Denon, who directed Napoleon's medal mint.