France, I Empire. A Napoleon Bonaparte Statuette With Marble Base Archive WWI 1916 British Officer's Compass

WWI 1916 British Officer's Compass -  Brass body with glass covers

1944 and signed in blue ink by a Lieutenant Colonel and Head of the Wehrmeldeamt (Army Recruitment Office) Ansbach

QEII (F/L D

maker with the logo of Brüder Schneider

on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon featuring a horizontal pinback (marked “30” for Hauptmünzamt

France, I Empire. A Napoleon Bonaparte Statuette With Marble Base Archive WWI 1916 British Officer's CompassIn patinated bronze, the statuette with a two piece construction, illustrating Napoleon Bonaparte in a standing position, his right leg slightly forward, his arms crossed, the Order of the Legion of Honour on his left breast, his hat worn in the traditional "en bataille" style (that is, with the corns parallel to the shoulders, while most of his officers wore their hats "en colonne", that is, perpendicular to the shoulders), with a sword at his left