Lot 188: Gabriel Aristide Passot (French, 1797-1875)

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (1808-1873), First President of the French Republic (1848-1852) and Napoléon III, ruler of the Second French Empire (1852-1870), wearing dark blue uniform with gold embroidered standing collar and epaulettes, red moiré sash and black stock, the breast star of the Légion d'Honneur fastened at his left. Signed on the obverse Passot, gold frame with border of old-cut diamonds to the obverse, brooch pin attachment and suspension loops to the reverse. Oval, 40mm (1 9/16in) high