A unique diamond brooch once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte — and said to have been retrieved from the chaos of the Battle of Waterloo — will go under the hammer for the first time this November.

Napoleon Brandford was born in a tough neighborhood in the early-1950s, and raised by a single mom. What happened next was against the odds – and that’s a major understatement. Brandford led his high school basketball team to an Indiana state championship.

A diamond brooch once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte is set to be auctioned for the first time. The historic jewel, comprising nearly 100 diamonds, was abandoned by the emperor when he fled to Paris after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. It subsequently became a trophy of war, presented to the King of Prussia just three days later.

Diamond jewel abandoned by Napoleon at Battle of Waterloo to go up for sale - The brooch, made of nearly 100 diamonds, was left behind by Napoleon Bonaparte after he fled Waterloo’s battlefield to return to Paris.

Three masked thieves carried out the robbery in the Apollon Gallery on the museum's second floor, which overlooks the River Seine and is currently under construction.

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