This set of medals was apparently assembled and sold by the Paris Medal Mint during the time that Napoleon was on Elba. Although later sets contained an engraved list of medals and had a title indicating that the set was composed of bronze medals, this set contained a hand-written list and is composed of a mixture of copper, silver, and gold medals. It is to be noted that in Napoleon I's time the ordinary medals were struck in copper, with an artificial patina applied to protect the copper and give them a bronze appearance. Apparently the three medals of Francis II of Austria, Alexander I of Russia, and Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia were included in the set to dispel the notion that Napoleon was being glorified. The printed list included with the sets produced during the Hundred Days did not include those three medals.