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FRANCE ORDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR Plaque d'habit de grand aigle de la Légion d'honneur du maréchal Oudinot duc de REGGIO. Five-branched double star, with silver lamé surround and interior entirely embroidered with sequins. Each double branch interspersed with five silver lamé rays. Domed center with traces of black thread embroidery of the motto "HONOR et PATRIE" around the edge and a silver imperial eagle motif on a small canetille spindle in the center. Paper lining (later). Diameter: 11 cm. A.B.E. (wear) First Empire period (1805-1814) Provenance : - Souvenirs du Maréchal OUDINOT, Hôtel Drouot (Piasa), sale December 4, 2006, no. 105, experts Messrs Malvaux, Missilier and Palthey. -Jean Louis Noisiez Collection. History: Grand eagle since 1805, the Marshal's life was saved by one of his Legion of Honor plaques. At the battle of Arcis sur Aube (1814), his Grand Aigle plaque stopped a bullet that should have been fatal, wounding him slightly. It was his thirty-second and last wound of his entire military career.

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FRANCE ORDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR Plaque d'habit de grand aigle de la Légion d'honneur du maréchal Oudinot duc de REGGIO. Five-branched double star, with silver lamé surround and interior entirely embroidered with sequins. Each double branch interspersed with five silver lamé rays. Domed center with traces of black thread embroidery of the motto "HONOR et PATRIE" around the edge and a silver imperial eagle motif on a small canetille spindle in the center. Paper lining (later). Diameter: 11 cm. A.B.E. (wear) First Empire period (1805-1814) Provenance : - Souvenirs du Maréchal OUDINOT, Hôtel Drouot (Piasa), sale December 4, 2006, no. 105, experts Messrs Malvaux, Missilier and Palthey. -Jean Louis Noisiez Collection. History: Grand eagle since 1805, the Marshal's life was saved by one of his Legion of Honor plaques. At the battle of Arcis sur Aube (1814), his Grand Aigle plaque stopped a bullet that should have been fatal, wounding him slightly. It was his thirty-second and last wound of his entire military career.

Estimate 8 000 - 12 000 EUR

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