Design
As was the norm with European crowns, Napoleon's crown is made up of eight half-arches set with cameos which meet at a golden globe, on top of which is placed a cross. The crown itself is mock mediæval in style, reliant totally on gold and metallic decoration and devoid of the major covering with diamonds and jewels fashionable in crowns made later in the 19th century.
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