31 - MILITARIA. General Ernest-Maximilien LARCHEY(Strasbourg 1834-1924)his career, set of 16 military documents mostly signed by the Ministers of War(appointments, promotions): second lieutenant in the 46thregiment of line infantry in the army of the East (1854, Marshal Vaillant), lieutenant (1855, Marshal Vaillant), captain (1859, Marshal Vaillant), adjutant-major (1861), major (1869, Marshal Niel), commendation (Sebastopol 1869), lieutenant-colonel (1874, Minister of Cissey), appointment to the 1stAlgerian Rifle Regiment (1876), colonel (1878, Minister Borel), member of the Infantry Advisory Committee (1882, General-Minister Campenon), brigadier general at Sedan (1885, General-Minister Campenon), commander of the subdivisions of the Auxerre to Orléans region (1891, Minister de Freycinet), commander of the 19tharmy corps in Algiers (1895, General-Minister Zurlinden), member of the High Council of War in replacement of General Mercier (1899, Minister de Freycinet), placed in the reserve section of the General Staff of the Army (Sept 1899, signed Galliffet).Diploma of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honourawarded on the 1stOctober 1856 (with letter of nomination signed by Marshal Vaillant).Letter of obtaining the Military Medalof Cremona, dated September 30, 1959 in reward for the Italian Campaign).Large photographic portrait by Jean Geiser in Algiers(20,5 X 27 cm).Photograph by Jean Geiser in Algiers in company of his two sonsMaurice and Alfred who will die for France in 1911 and 1914. Joined: diploma of the Military Medal awarded on May 10, 1852 to François Schillé chief of Music and various documents