France, Kingdom. A Hand Painted Portrait Of Napoleon, After Delaroche consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac embodied by a woman holding

embodied by a woman holding a palm branch in the right hand and a crown of laurels

marked on ring V

Order of Naval Merit - 3rd Class

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France, Kingdom. A Hand Painted Portrait Of Napoleon, After Delaroche consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac embodied by a woman holdingAn oval shaped, hand painted portrait of Napoleon in uniform bearing two French decorations, signed Delaroche along the right side, contained in a synthetic ivory frame, a convex glass panel over the painting, the reverse is reinforced with a red velvet, hook on rim at 12 oclock, measures 105. 25mm (w) x 128. 70mm (h inclusive of hanging ring), light contact, in very fine condition. Footnote: Hippolyte De La Roche (1797 1856), commonly known as Paul