A golden laurel leaf ... The crown, modelled on the one worn by the ancient Roman caesars, is the centrepiece of Jacques-Louis David's monumental painting, "The Coronation of Napoleon", at the Louvre ...

The crown, inspired by the laurel wreath worn by Roman emperor Julius Caesar, contained more than fifty leaves and was melted down in 1819. "This small leaf represents the grandeur of the story of ...

The crown, inspired by the laurel wreath worn by Roman emperor Julius Caesar, contained more than fifty leaves and was melted down in 1819. "This small leaf represents the grandeur of the story of ...