Napoleon - An Intimate Portrait


Fragment of Napoléon’s original coffin

Fragment of Napoléon’s original coffin

- 1821

When the French government took Napoléon’s body from St. Helena in 1840, they placed it in a new coffin. The original coffin was cut into pieces as souvenirs, of which General Bertrand got the largest section.

Historical Provenance - Bertrand family collection

Mahogany



Letter from the RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN / Brand Grande Armée / Napoleon 1 (1812) picture

Letter from the RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN / Brand Grande Armée / Napoleon 1 (1812)

$2250.00



Elias PHARAOH. GREAT ARMY interpreter. Naturalized Louis XVIII Barbé-Marbois.1815 picture

Elias PHARAOH. GREAT ARMY interpreter. Naturalized Louis XVIII Barbé-Marbois.1815

$562.50



The French Armies in the Great War Volume VIII Army of the Orient 23 Cards picture

The French Armies in the Great War Volume VIII Army of the Orient 23 Cards

$281.25



Large BUST of a French Army MILITARY in Terracotta Kepi Legion picture

Large BUST of a French Army MILITARY in Terracotta Kepi Legion

$163.13



Japanese Militaria WW2 Gloves Type Large Cold Imperial Japanese Army... picture

Japanese Militaria WW2 Gloves Type Large Cold Imperial Japanese Army...

$202.50



Poilus Ariégeois et la Grande Guerre - 17th Army Corps - Centenary  picture

Poilus Ariégeois et la Grande Guerre - 17th Army Corps - Centenary

$168.75



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A Traveling Exhibition from Russell Etling Company (c) 2011