Show CREDIT IS DUE pUE TOO GIVEN SOUVENIR OF MARSHAL NEY Norton of Ohio is undoubtedlY undoubtedly un- un Representative of or one of the the possessor valuable watch atch chat charms most novel and J Congress Its s of worn vorn by any member intrinsic value is probablY y not more collectors but curio than ban 30 cents would rould prize it highly It was given Mr 1 weeks ago by Dr few Newton Mass who J James mes T. T Hill of purchased it for a franc in itt a a. Paris arIS pawnshop The Tha charm is a bronze medal about the he size of an American silver dollar It t was vas made from one of the cannon captured by the first Napoleon in irs his famous Egyptian campaign On the margin of one side of the medal are the words vors Napoleon Napole p Emperor the First a a. laurel wreath and a fac simIle simle sim- sim le lie of the crown of France On the medal is also the papal crown surmounted surmounted surmounted sur sur- mounted t by y the cross cross of the Catholic church On n the reverse erse side aide is Inscribed in French To Jo my companions ns in glory my last thoughts and St Helena the fifth of May 1821 The doors of Napoleons Napoleon's tomb in inthe the Hotel des are also made from the same historic gun metal When Napoleon was confined on the Island of or Elba one of his last requests was that six medals should be made mad from the gun taken in Egypt and be given to six ix of or his marshals who stood loy loyal l to him from from 1793 1792 to 1815 Of these I six medals four are today In Ip the Possession pos possession Pos Pos- session o of ot great statesmen of France one is is in the National Museum at P Patio Paris The one given the great Marshal Marshal Marshal Mar Mar- Ney was lost or stolen more than forty years ago It i Is believed that the genial Congressman from rom Ohio Is today wearing as a Watch atch charm Napoleons Napoleons Na Na- l last st gift to Marshal Ney Washington Times |