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Kate Connolly

REVEALED: Hat worn by napoleon fetches record 1 9m at paris auction - The Real Truth

Emperor Napoleon’s ‘black beaver’ bicorne hat
Napoleon’s ‘black beaver’ bicorne hat, distinguishable by its embroidered tricolour ‘cockade’ – which Napoleon reportedly added himself in 1815. Photograph: Claudia Greco/Reuters

A two-cornered hat worn by Napoleon Bonaparte during his reign as French emperor has fetched a record €1.932m (£1.69m) at an auction in Paris.

The black bicorne beaver felt hat was initially estimated at €600,000-800,000. The price reached surpassed the €1.884m paid for another of Napoleon’s hats in 2014, also sold by the Drouot auction house, a spokesperson for the company said.

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