Tourist souvenir from the  French second Empire  representing  the  return of Napoleon I statue  during the second empire ordered  by Napoleon the third  . The same colonne was destroyed during the commune of 1871 .
The original Vendôme Column at the centre of the square was erected by Napoleon I to commemorate the Battle of Austerlitz.
The sculptor Antoine Chaudet chose to represent Napoleon as a Roman emperor, his forehead crowned with a laurel wreath, holding a winged Victory (i.e., a statue of a female figure symbolising military victory) in his left hand and a lowered shortsword (or glave) in his right. The column was inaugurated on the 15th August 1810, Napoleon I’s birthday.
The guide book  edited by " les magasins du Louvre" also shows the paris of Napoleon III  ( 1848 to 1871 ) with the  bustling new stores and tourist  attraction of this era  ( pre eiffel tower ) . The 2 last reference pictures illustrate the removal and return of the Napoleon statue  during  the change of regime .
Brass metal on a marble base 
Colonne H. 8 in x 3 .5 x 3.5 in base 
Book  in 8 size :  7 x 4.5 in 
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