France, Empire. A Napoleonic Letter Signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron Bignon, 1815. Province of China Public Service Medal (in bronze

Public Service Medal (in bronze gilt

with red enameled surround (Cao Kun President of the Republic of China on 1923

the obverse bearing a leftward-facing profile of Hermann Göring

light crazing and wear in the sweatband from active use

The cap measures approximately 205 mm (w) x 260 mm (l) x 140 mm (h)

France, Empire. A Napoleonic Letter Signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron Bignon, 1815. Province of China Public Service Medal (in bronzeThis official document is dated 23 June 1815, five days after the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, and signed by the minister of foreign affairs, Louis Pierre douard, Baron Bignon. He writes to the civil and military officers responsible for maintaining Public Order in France to allow Monsieur General Count Sebastiani, who is charged with going to the General Headquarters, to pass freely. Stamped by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the