Napoleon fever confirmed as hat sells for 350k euros | Lifestyle.INQ

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The distinctive "bicorne" hat, which Napoleon wore sideways -- rather than with points at the front and back -- so he could easily be spotted on the battlefield, has long been attributed to the emperor, with records confirming its ownership since a Dutch captain took it as a war trophy after the battle of Waterloo in 1815. © JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK / AFP
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