France, Napoleonic Kingdom. A Field Marshal's Carriage Shield Auction Archive engraved on the edge of

engraved on the edge of the HMANCFVAM and the reverse of the ANVCM

The tunic is fabricated from a fine army green wool

mounted to a 59

then transferred for service in the French theatre on May 30

showing a man in uniform

France, Napoleonic Kingdom. A Field Marshal's Carriage Shield Auction Archive engraved on the edge ofThis personal heraldic shield dates from approximately 1855 and likely used as a identifical plaque on the side of a carriage. In cast gilt bronze, unmarked, obverse illustrating an open right hand facing palm up in the centre of a shield, the shield with a series of fine horizontal lines, overlaying crossed batons with eagles, inscribed "TERROR" and "BELLI (The Terror of War) on their upper ends, the lower ends with olive leaves, topped by a left