Visitors in frock coats and period dress stand in reverent contemplation around Napoleon's great porphyry sarcophagus in the crypt of Les Invalides, Paris — depicted here in a striking pen-and-ink style engraving that captures the soaring circular balustrade, the guardian statues, and the hushed gravity of the site. Beneath the image, in flowing script, appears Napoleon's own dying wish from Saint Helena: "Je désire que mes cendres reposent sur les bords de la Seine au milieu de ce peuple français que j'ai tant aimé" — "I wish my ashes to rest on the banks of the Seine, among the French people I have loved so much." Published by the Société des Amis du Musée de l'Armée and photographed/edited by A. Vagne of Paris, this card was issued with a divided back and is stamped on the front by the Société de Secours aux Blessés Militaires (French Red Cross forerunner), linking it to WWI-era charity or military hospital use.