France, I Empire. A Napoleon Bonaparte Standing Upon A Column Statuette With Thermometer Archive (Luftwaffe Schirmmütze für Sommer)

(Luftwaffe Schirmmütze für Sommer)

chipping in the white enamels on the tips of two arms on the reverse

1981 in Ottawa

Footnote: The son of a Prussian officer

France, I Empire. A Napoleon Bonaparte Standing Upon A Column Statuette With Thermometer Archive (Luftwaffe Schirmmütze für Sommer)In brass, multi piece construction, illustrating Napoleon Bonaparte standing upon a corinthian style column, the shaft of the column bearing a functioning glass thermometer fed through two wire loops on the exterior, the shaft marked with gradations in tens rising from 0 to 40 on the left side of the column itself, with "E. P." in italics on the right side opposite the 0 position and "Raumur." in running script in the centre above the gradations, the