NAPOLEON'S SWORD

AIRED: Season 1, Episode 5
THE DETECTIVES: Wes Cowan and Tukufu Zuberi
THE PLACE: St. Martinville, Louisiana

THE CASE:

A magnificent sword that has been handed down for generations in a St. Martinville family has a mystery around it.

The sword belonged to their great-great-grandfather, who was a doctor/soldier in Napoleon's battle for Austria in Wagram.

Family lore has it that Napoleon was injured and their great-great grandfather treated his wound. He was rewarded with this sword.

Is this really the sword of Napoleon?

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