A rare German 'flat' set 'The imperial baptism procession at Paris the 14 Juni (sic) 1856',

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A rare German 'flat' set 'The imperial baptism procession at Paris the 14 Juni (sic) 1856',
depicting Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie's carriage with eight-horse team, another similar carriage carrying the infant Eugene Louis Jean Joseph, and eight various outriders, in original paper-covered box, with sliding lid applied with hand-coloured engraving of the procession, circa 1856 (G, one team outrider incomplete, one head and two bases missing from outriders, box F, one side incomplete, some damage to underside) box 9in. wide (10)

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Napoleon III married Eugenie on 29th January 1853; the Prince Imperial was born on 16th March 1856. The Prince joined the British Army when the Imperial Family moved to Kent after the Franco-Prussian War, and died fighting the Zulus in 1879.

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