FLANDERS CAMPAIGN 1667. Certificate signed "DE SAINT LOUP" Mestre de Camp d'un Régiment de cavalerie pour le service du Roy. Certificate of service for Sieur de Ritaudé "who served the King in my company during the time I commanded the Cavalry Regiment of CHAMBORS as a cavalryman from 1650 to 1654... Done at Camp de BELHEM in Flanders on May 26, 1668 - red wax seal of our arms.

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