France, I Empire. A Seated Napoleon Bonaparte Statuette consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 38 mm x 60

measuring 38 mm x 60 mm

The board is attached to the tunic by machine stitching at the outer edge and by a pebbled aluminum button at the inner edge

sixteen days shy of his eighteenth birthday (although his age is stated as 18 years

wear evident on the leather wrap of the eyepiece housings

France, I Empire. A Seated Napoleon Bonaparte Statuette consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 38 mm x 60In patinated cast iron, magnetic, three piece construction, illustrating Napoleon Bonaparte in a seated position, sitting backwards on a chair, his arms crossed and resting upon the arch of the upper slat of the chair, his hat worn in the traditional "en bataille" style (that is, with the corns parallel to the shoulders, while most of his officers wore their hats "en colonne", that is, perpendicular to the shoulders), with large epaulettes on both