; but it was subsequentlyremoved to the Great Library, where it now is. 223 224 GODEY7S LADYS BOOK AND MAGAZINE. It was upon this chair that Napoleon I., inAugust, 1804, distributed the crosses of theLegion of Honor to the soldiers of the armyassembled at Boulogne for the invasion of Eng-land.… … Each regiment or company had its own pecu-liar banner or standard, which were thereforevery numerous and various in their devices.A beast, bird, or reptile, a sacred boat, a royalname in a cartouche, or a symbolic combinationof emblems, were the most common forms. Asthey appear to have been objects…
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