A felt hat of the former French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was worth no less than 1.932 million euros at auction to a collector.
According to the auction house, this is a world record for a ruler’s hat.
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Among the objects offered by a collector were a lock of the emperor’s hair and a handkerchief.
Gloves and a shirt that Napoleon is said to have worn on the island of Saint Helena also went under the hammer.
In France there is still a certain admiration for the former ruler Napoleon. To some he is considered a reformer and founder of important institutions. However, critics accuse him of authoritarian rule and the restoration of slavery in the colonies in 1802.
Source: Krone
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