Napoleon’s monogram would sell the shirt off his back
NAPOLEONIC MEMORABILIA (£1 = €1.62): A sale entitled L’Empire à Fontainebleau confirmed the evergreen appeal of Napoleonic memorabilia at Osenat, Fontainebleau (17.94/13.16% buyer’s premium) on March 10, where one of the last linen shirts worn by Napoleon on St Helena was offered for sale.
Embroidered with a red N beneath an Imperial crown and in good condition despite some ‘slight rust s…