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Saturday, 12 November 2016 16:29

Civic Crest of Nijmegen, for Louis Napoleon

The Museum Het Valkhof in Nijmegen, Gelderland, the Netherlands, houses an embroidered cushion from the town of Nijmegen, Gelderland, which was used to present the keys of the town to Louis Napoleon (1778-1846) when he visited the place on 24 July 1808. The keys were presented by the Nijmegen mayor, J.E. Sanders van Well (1739-1814).

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