Napoleon BONAPARTE (1769-1821); Emperor of the French coat of arms. On blue shield; the golden eagle of Roman inspiration; holding in its talons a bundle of arrows. Below; crossed scepters with the Hand of Justice and one called "Charles V"; with the image of Charlemagne; surrounds the shield collar Grand Master and Grand Aigle of the Legion of Honour; an honor to the civil and military merit established by Napoleon in 1802; to fill the gap left by the abolition of the noble orders of knighthood. Arms from "Theatre of Arms; or General Collection of Arms and noble signs of the most illustrious and noble families that once existed and that still flourish throughout Italy; illustrated with relevant genealogical-historical notions by Leo and Francesco Tettoni Saladini". Cl. Wilmant and children; Lodi; 1841-1851