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English: Coat of Arms of the Second French Empire, under Napoleon III (1852–1870) The Arms depicts a shield with a golden eagle in front of a blue background. The shield is surrounded by Napoleon's Imperial mantle, filled with bees. The shield is topped by a golden eagle crown, surrounding the shield is the Legion d'honneur.
Flag of Kingdom of France and French First Republic: 14 July 1790: Revolutionist flag: 21 January 1793: Revolutionist flag: 7 May 1794: Revolutionist flag: Similar to the Pre-Communist Yugoslavia. 1814–1830: Royal flag of Kingdom of France: 1848: Flag of French Second Republic: 1940–1944: Flag of Free France: 1943–1944: Flag of the Milice
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The Second French Empire, [a] officially the French Empire, [b] was the government of France from 1852 to 1870. It was established on 2 December 1852 by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte , president of France under the French Second Republic , who proclaimed himself Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.
The arms of the First French Empire of Napoleon I, featuring an eagle, the Crown of Napoleon and inset with "golden bees" as in the tomb of King Childeric I. Kingdom (Bourbon Restoration) 1814/1815–1830 After the Bourbon Restoration, the royal House of Bourbon once more assumed the French crown. Kingdom (July Monarchy) 1830–1831
In 1854, two years after the Second Empire came to power, Napoleon III re-established the Garde Impériale, an elite military corps attached to his person. The Guard took up the traditions of the first Imperial Guard , formed in 1804 by Napoleon I and disbanded in 1815.
From 1852, during the Second French Empire, the Carabiniers were a part of the military but did not serve in the Crimean War. They saw service again in 1870 as a single regiment, but now as part of the Imperial Guard. [12] Following the Franco-Prussian War the Carabiniers were amalgamated with the 11th Cuirassier Regiment on 4 February 1871. [13]
II Corps; Active: 1805–1807 1812–1814 1815: Country First French Empire Branch French Imperial Army Size: Corps: Engagements: War of the Third Coalition Russian Campaign War of the Sixth Coalition