The army takes an oath to the Emperor after the distribution of eagle standards on 5 December 1804,
The army takes an oath to the Emperor after the distribution of eagle standards on 5 December 1804, by Jacques-Louis David, 1810 What is it with Napoleon and eagles? Napoleon’s troops carried an eagle standard into battle; his son was nicknamed the eaglet; Napoleon’s return to France in 1815 was called the flight of the eagle. For a look at how the eagle became a symbol of Napoleonic France, and what those Napoleon eagle standards were all about, see “Why is Napoleon associated with eagles?” -- source link
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