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Napoleon I , Emperor of France, had this Scarab beetle ring made for his mistress Marie Walewska. 
The material used was cannonball shrapnel that had killed his horse right from under him in a battle in 1813. (Pure romance) Napoleon was quite superstitious and carried a Scarab beetle himself as a good luck charm!
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9 cool cats commented:
Does anyone else find that kinda creepy?
Napoleon was a real romantic. Pity the guy who have to go digging for the shrapnel.
Definitely creepy, but SO, SO interesting! Marie - you come up with the most fascinating things!
Yes, I did enjoy this quirky post! I love little historical tidbits like this!!
I had no idea the scarab beetle luck went back that far into history!
Wow, I was just commenting to someone about the fact that my birthstone is the only one secreted by an animal. All kinds of romantic jewelry in the blogosphere today!
Marie, do you have a favorite postcard?
Yikes! It probably wouldn't have been politically correct to turn down a gift from Napoleon, but I would have spent a lot of time thinking up ways to ditch that ring. Hopefully it wasn't too large.
Cool ring, but this really pushes the boundaries of "it's the thought that counts". Oh that nutty Napoleon!
yes creepy for sure....what a nutter!
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