The 'Turkish style' sabre was specially commissioned to mark his ascension to French Emperor in 1804 and took several months ...

A sword that belonged to Napoleon and was specially ordered for the personal use of the French emperor fetched almost 4.7 ...

A sword that belonged to Napoleon and was specially ordered for the personal use of the French emperor fetched almost 4.7 ...

Napoleon passed the sabre on to his close ally Emmanuel de Grouchy, who the French emperor named his last marshal of the empire. The sword has been in Grouchy's family since 1815, the year of ...

Napoleon passed the sabre on to his close ally Emmanuel de Grouchy, who the French emperor named his last marshal of the empire. The sword has been in Grouchy's family since 1815, the year of ...

The sword has been in the emperor’s close ally Emmanuel de Grouchy’s family since 1815, the year of his last defeat at Waterloo. Details of the last sword that belonged to French Emperor ...

PARIS, May 23. /TASS/. A sabre belonging to French Emperor Napoleon I has sold at an auction in Paris for 4.7 mln euro. The sabre was valued at 700,000 - 1,000,000 euro but a bidding war brought the ...