France, Napoleonic Kingdom. A Field Marshal's Carriage Shield Hold Berlin) on the reverse

Berlin) on the reverse

while there is a paper insert bearing an owner’s name of “DR

green-threaded snake coiled around a pole

Our valiant men are fighting marvellously

France, Napoleonic Kingdom. A Field Marshal's Carriage Shield Hold Berlin) on the reverseThis personal heraldic shield dates from approximately 1855 and likely used as a identifical plaque on the side of a carriage. In cast gilt bronze, unmarked, obverse illustrating an open right hand facing palm up in the centre of a shield, the shield with a series of fine horizontal lines, overlaying crossed batons with eagles, inscribed "TERROR" and "BELLI (The Terror of War) on their upper ends, the lower ends with olive leaves, topped by a left