He actually looks pretty cool in that setup.
For new and young FReepers, here's a tidbit( cough, cough).
"....Dowden recalled seeing Bokassa on a visit to Uganda. "He had come to meet Idi Amin. He was a fanatical collector of medals, but so was Amin, and Amin had the bigger chest so he could wear more medals."
"Backed by France, Bokassa came to power in a coup in 1965 and ruled with an iron fist, torturing and killing political rivals and cutting off the ears of thieves."
"Accusations of cannibalism were widespread but unproven, triggered by photographs in Paris-Match magazine that apparently showed a fridge containing the bodies of schoolchildren."
"It was also claimed his political rivals were cooked and served to visiting foreign dignitaries or fed to lions and crocodiles in his personal zoo."
Man was a generous host, sharing his royal vittles with guests.
"Bokassa named himself emperor in 1976 and organised a lavish coronation, costing tens of millions of dollars, in which he wore costumes styled on Napoleon's and rode in a carriage flanked by soldiers dressed as 19th-century French cavalrymen. He was overthrown three years later after his guards killed scores of schoolchildren who were demonstrating in the capital, Bangui."