Important cast iron plate with the big arms of the emperor Napoleon III. 19th century. Height : 80 cm 80 cm - Width : 77 cm One can distinguish on the large imperial arms: a coat embroidered with golden bees (reference to those found in the tomb of Childeric, father of Clovis) and lined with ermine, the eagle in the antique style impaling a thunderbolt, the collar of the legion of honor, the scepter of Charles V modified by Biennais, the hand of justice. Note that the crown on the helmet seems to be the crown of Charlemagne made for the coronation of Napoleon I. It is to be distinguished from the imperial crown of Napoleon III made for the World's Fair of 1855 and melted down by the Third Republic in 1887, which would place our plate between 1852 and 1855.