France. Napoléon Bonaparte Bicorne Snuff Box, C. 1830 Hold 4th Infantry

4th Infantry

hallmarked on cross and elongated loop with Dutch import/duty mark "vreemd" for used imported objects between 1906 and 1953

WILLIS-O'CONNOR

The reverse is maker marked “Nymphenburg” along with the maker’s stylized logo that is imprinted into the porcelain

An 1867 Maximilian Death Medal - In alpaca

France. Napoléon Bonaparte Bicorne Snuff Box, C. 1830 Hold 4th InfantryThe snuff box is fabricated from horn with a black finish, in the shape of the bicorne worn by Napolon Bonaparte, the front panel with an enameled an d painted simulated plume, the rear panel illustrating the Vendme Column in Paris, flanked by a soldier at its base on the right, with the inscription "NAPOLON LE GRAND CHERI DE LA VICTOIRE. IL SUT PAR SON GENIE ETERNISER SA GLORIRE:", the column and inscription backed by multiple fine horizontal rules,