Le Paradis des Braves [The Good Soldiers' Paradise]

image: Centre foreground the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in characteristic pose receives a decorated infantry sergeant clad in 'horizon blue' uniform and holding a knobbled walking stick into the military paradise/heaven of 'Les Anciens'. Bonaparte motions with his right hand towards a throne (extreme left of composition), which is surmounted from behind by a French Imperial Standard bearing the battle honours of Jena, Austerlitz and Wagram. The two figures are saluted by a decorative frieze of five Imperial Guardsmen. The whole group tread upon heavenly clouds. The illustration is surrounded by a decorative green border based loosely upon oak leaves and acorns.