France. Napoléon Bonaparte Bicorne Snuff Box, C. 1830 Hold 50 mm x 34

50 mm x 34

qualifying as a Leading Infantryman

An airfield had been built there during an area gold rush in the 1920s and 1930s

10 mm (h - inclusive of laurel wreath and integral ring)

plus a manufacturer's label printed in brown ink and placed at the left front

France. Napoléon Bonaparte Bicorne Snuff Box, C. 1830 Hold 50 mm x 34The 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,