First French Empire. Napoleonic Army. Distribution of imperial eagles to French regiments. These were flagstaffs, bearing the figure of a French imperial eagle, which Napoleon's Grande Armée carried into battle. Military ceremony of the distribution of the eagle standards organised by Napoleon, at the Champ de Mars, on 5 December 1804 after his accession to power as Emperor of the French. Engraving by Quartley. "Los Héroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra". Volume V. 1855.

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