France, Second Republic. A Framed Hand-Painted Portrait of Emperor of France Napoleon Bonaparte, c. 1850 Republic of 1942 by a shipborne scout

1942 by a shipborne scout plane south of Java and overtaken by a Japanese surface force

the DM and WM measuring 36 mm in diameter

Stitched into each cuff is a lemon-yellow wool patch

and Elizabeth

Footnote: The FAI was founded in 1905 in France by several countries who recognized a need for a society to oversee the new advances in flight that were then taking place

France, Second Republic. A Framed Hand-Painted Portrait of Emperor of France Napoleon Bonaparte, c. 1850 Republic of 1942 by a shipborne scoutA delicately hand painted portrait of the Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, behind a slightly domed piece of glass and contained in a circular wooden frame with a gold painted inner ring, the reverse with a paper backer consisting of a newspaper snipped, along with a twisted hook for suspension from a wall, measuring 120 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.