The weapons that could have changed the course of history.
A box with two pistols, which belonged to Emperor Napoleon I, during the preview before their auction, in Paris Two pistols owned Napoleon Bonaparte, with which he once planned to take his own life, have been sold at auction in France for £1.4 million. The weapons, which could have altered the course of history, bear witness to the the darkest moment in the French emperor’s life.
Auctioneer Jean-Pierre Osenat said that the ‘image of the emperor at his lowest point’ was being sold alongside the objects. A staff member shows a detail of one of the two pistols Napoleon memorabilia is highly sought after among collectors. One of his famous ‘bicorne’ black cocked hats with its blue, white and red trimmings sold for £1.6 million in November.
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