Napoleonic Eagle?

[GeorgeCL]

Heres a picture of a center of a Breast star.

Looks like a napoleonic eagle with lighting bolts in the talons.

Is it a French eagle?

Thanks

George

[Bear]

Hello George,

I asked around and this is what I got. It's hard to tell with these little eagles if they are 1st or 2nd empire or other. The 1st empire eagles legs tend to slant either left or right while the 2nd empire tend to go up and down. Some 1st empire eagles legs do go up and down but they are very rare. Most likely 2nd empire.

The Billard company existed in the 4th quarter of the 19th century.

Here is a nice article on the eagles at the Napoleonic Historical Society.

http://www.napoleonichistoricalsociety.com...s/militaria.htm

Here is a cartridge eagle from the book Waterloo Relics by Bernard & Lechaux.

thanks,

barry

[GeorgeCL]

Hi Barry,

Thanks for all the info.

I have removed the eagle from the above badge.

Here are a couple pics close up.

George

[GeorgeCL]

And the reverse.