Napoleon himself was wearing a thick, heavy mantle of ermine and crimson velvet, and a laurel wreath on his head. And there, standing in the nave, he turned to his older brother Joseph and ...

Napoleon famously crowned himself emperor at Notre Dame cathedral in 1804, placing the Roman-style laurel wreath on his own head, even though Pope Pius VII was there presiding over the coronation.

Napoleon famously crowned himself emperor at Notre Dame cathedral in 1804, placing the Roman-style laurel wreath on his own head, even though Pope Pius VII was there presiding over the coronation.

a laurel wreath made of gold, sent the same message. His icon, the eagle, was also borrowed from Rome. But Caesar's legitimacy depended on military victories. Ultimately, Napoleon suffered too ...

Napoleon crowned himself emperor at Notre ... that the crown, inspired by the laurel wreath worn by Roman emperor Julius Caesar, was too heavy. Mr Biennais removed six leaves, and gave one ...

A golden laurel leaf from Napoleon's crown is to go under the hammer next month, an auction house said Wednesday. The French leader crowned himself emperor at the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris in 1804 ...

Napoleon Bonaparte once said ... Elsewhere, the hand-engraved bezel bears a laurel wreath and the letter ‘N’ at 12 o’clock. The back, meanwhile, is set with a 20-franc gold Napoléon ...