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Napoleon Bonaparte's death bed, shirt to be auctioned in France

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Napoleon Bonaparte's death bed and sweat-stained shirt is set to go up for auction in France.

Other items of the French leader set to auctioned are a lock of his hair, his ivory cane and some of last-living bandages.

The items, along with a bottle of dirt that was scooped from his tomb, are scheduled to go to the highest bidder on March 23, the New York Post reported.

They've all been stored, largely untouched, since his 1821 death. The hair especially could prove an historian's dream.

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First Published: Mar 08 2014 | 11:17 AM IST

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