Last Stand of Prince Imperial
Juan José Luis Eugenio Napoleon Bonaparte
He was the only son of the Emperors of the French, Napoleon III and his wife Eugenie. He received the title of Prince Imperial of France and treatment of His Imperial Highness
During the second Anglo-Zulu War, in an ambush by the Zulus, the June 1, 1879, fell from his horse as he ran with his detachment and killed with spears died after a short battle with his pursuers. He was 23. The Zulus his body stripped of all but a few medals, but by the value shown in the fight not dismembered his body
Last Stand of Prince Imperial, 54mm, metal and resin vignette