Modern Czech Medal #3 - 1993


Napoleon I - Pozorice post-house

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Obverse - Napoleon, laureated, right.
Legend - CÍSAR NAPOLEON
Exergue - SUSOK 93
Reverse - The Pozorice post-house. In the foreground are marching troops passing in front of a horse and carriage.
Legend - POZORÍCKÁ STARÁ POSTA
Exergue - 2 . XII . 1805
 
After the Battle of Austerlitz Napoleon paused to dry off and have some supper at the Pozorice post-house. There he received Prince Lichtenstein at a late hour who carried a request for a summit from Francis II.
 
As far as I know this medal is available only on the Battlefield of Austerlitz. I picked it up on my second visit to the battlefield in 1995 and only recently ran across it looking for photographs of that trip.