GRAND SCEAU DE L'EMPIRE FRANÇAIS, "CENTS JOURS" MODEL, circa 1815 In red wax, in a protective cardboard frame. Obverse with the "Emperor in Majesty" in profile. Reverse with the "Great Imperial Arms". D. 12 cm A.B.E. (Worn). Provenance : Former Napoleonic collection of the Prince's Palace of Monaco (3rd sale, lot 213) A Hundred Days large seal of the French Empire Commentary: On his return from Elba in 1815, Napoleon commissioned a new seal from Brenet: he had himself depicted seated, but in profile and no longer ready to descend the steps to the throne as on the first seal.