France, Empire. A Napoleonic Letter Signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron Bignon, 1815. Auction A British Empire Exhibition had

A British Empire Exhibition had first been proposed in 1902 by the British Empire League

centrepiece ring in dark blue embroidery

along with serial number “141424”

(Treueabzeichen für die holländischen Freiwilligen der NSKK)

engraver marked "E LOTTI" on the obverse

France, Empire. A Napoleonic Letter Signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron Bignon, 1815. Auction A British Empire Exhibition hadThis 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