Napoléon Ier
Napoleon I
FRANCE
Cylindrical dark green Bakelite box, decorated with friezes of stars, the lid is topped with a glass containing a biscuit bust of Napoleon at right. Included is a silver-plated brass button depicting Napoleon II aka the Eaglet, topped with an eagle, 10.93 g, 34 mm.
This would have been a promotional button, from 1900, following Edmond Rostand's play "The Eaglet" featuring Sarah Bernhardt.
Box: wear and crack on the side of the lid; button: very nice to superb. (2) H : 3 cm D : 8 cm
