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SABRE AND BREVET D'HONNEUR OF JEAN-BAPTISTE POUSSIN CONSULATE-ERA INFANTRY OFFICER WITH THE 57TH DEMI-BRIGADE. Silver mounting. Basane-covered handle with double filigree. Oval cap with short cut-out skirt, engraved with spider webs. Hilt with one hollowed-out branch, coiled hook, two engraved half-ears. Long curved quillon towards the tip, ending in a palmette stamped "D-BY", cock 1 and large guarantee (1798-1809). Curved blade with flat back, counter-edge, gutter and hollow sides, counter-polished heel. Iron scabbard and bowl, engraved on the upper part "Le Premier Consul au Cen Poussin sous-lieutenant à la 57è demi-brigade d'infanterie pour action d'éclat"; on the back, "Mfture à Versailles Entpise Boutet"; with two wide silver bracelets engraved with trophies of arms and military trophies on both sides and two iron rings. Iron sting. Overall length: 87.3 cm. Blade length: 73.9 cm. And his brevet d'honneur on parchment, partly printed, with a fine vignette: "le Citoyen Poussin Jean Baptiste sous lieutenant à la 57ème demi brigade, Bonaparte Premier Consul de la République d'après le compte qui lui a été rendu de la conduite à l'affaire qui eut lieu à la prise de Loire en Grison; le 16 ventôse an 7, cet officier, à la tête de six grenadiers s'separa d'une pièce de canon défendue par vingt-deux autrichiens qu'il fait prisonnier de guerre. On 19 Floréal Year 8 at Biberach, he was wounded by a shot to the right thigh and would not abandon his post until the battle was won... awards him, as a national prize, a saber of honor...". Dry stamp. Signatures of Berthier Minister of War, Secretary of State Hugues de Maret and First Consul Bonaparte. A.B.E. Consulate period. Provenance : -Dinan auction house 2006, then specialized dealer. -Jean Louis Noisiez Collection. Jean-Baptiste Poussin Born on November 6, 1771, in Vendôme (Loir-et-Cher), he entered the service on September 30, 1791 as sergeant-major in the 1st Loiret-Cher battalion, which became the 83rd-57th demi-brigades and 57th regiment of line infantry. In 1792 and 1793, he took part in operations in the northern and Ardennes armies, was commissioned second lieutenant on 10 Vendémiaire, An II, and fought in the wars of An II to An IV in the armies of Italy, England, Helvetia and the Rhine. On 16 ventôse an VII, at the capture of Coire, with 6 grenadiers of the 57, he seized a cannon defended by 22 Austrians, whom he made lay down their arms and take prisoner. At the battle of Biberach, on the 19th of Floréal, An VIII, although severely wounded by a shot to the left thigh at the start of the action, he refused to withdraw from the battlefield and fought with the same energy until victory was declared. On 10 Vendémiaire An XI, the First Consul awarded him a sabre of honour. Employed in the ocean coast army during years XII and XIII, he was promoted to lieutenant on vendémiaire 12, year XII, and made an officer of the Légion d'Honneur on the following prairial 25. Transferred with his rank to the foot grenadiers of the imperial guard on fructidor 12, year XIII, it was in this capacity that he fought in the wars of the great army in Austria, Prussia and Poland from year XIV to 1807. Appointed captain in the 5th regiment of infantry legere on April 3, 1806, he again took part in the 1809 campaign in Germany, under the orders of Marshal Masséna, where he displayed the most brilliant valor. He returned home on October 11, 1809, and became elector of Bouches-du-Rhône.

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SABRE AND BREVET D'HONNEUR OF JEAN-BAPTISTE POUSSIN CONSULATE-ERA INFANTRY OFFICER WITH THE 57TH DEMI-BRIGADE. Silver mounting. Basane-covered handle with double filigree. Oval cap with short cut-out skirt, engraved with spider webs. Hilt with one hollowed-out branch, coiled hook, two engraved half-ears. Long curved quillon towards the tip, ending in a palmette stamped "D-BY", cock 1 and large guarantee (1798-1809). Curved blade with flat back, counter-edge, gutter and hollow sides, counter-polished heel. Iron scabbard and bowl, engraved on the upper part "Le Premier Consul au Cen Poussin sous-lieutenant à la 57è demi-brigade d'infanterie pour action d'éclat"; on the back, "Mfture à Versailles Entpise Boutet"; with two wide silver bracelets engraved with trophies of arms and military trophies on both sides and two iron rings. Iron sting. Overall length: 87.3 cm. Blade length: 73.9 cm. And his brevet d'honneur on parchment, partly printed, with a fine vignette: "le Citoyen Poussin Jean Baptiste sous lieutenant à la 57ème demi brigade, Bonaparte Premier Consul de la République d'après le compte qui lui a été rendu de la conduite à l'affaire qui eut lieu à la prise de Loire en Grison; le 16 ventôse an 7, cet officier, à la tête de six grenadiers s'separa d'une pièce de canon défendue par vingt-deux autrichiens qu'il fait prisonnier de guerre. On 19 Floréal Year 8 at Biberach, he was wounded by a shot to the right thigh and would not abandon his post until the battle was won... awards him, as a national prize, a saber of honor...". Dry stamp. Signatures of Berthier Minister of War, Secretary of State Hugues de Maret and First Consul Bonaparte. A.B.E. Consulate period. Provenance : -Dinan auction house 2006, then specialized dealer. -Jean Louis Noisiez Collection. Jean-Baptiste Poussin Born on November 6, 1771, in Vendôme (Loir-et-Cher), he entered the service on September 30, 1791 as sergeant-major in the 1st Loiret-Cher battalion, which became the 83rd-57th demi-brigades and 57th regiment of line infantry. In 1792 and 1793, he took part in operations in the northern and Ardennes armies, was commissioned second lieutenant on 10 Vendémiaire, An II, and fought in the wars of An II to An IV in the armies of Italy, England, Helvetia and the Rhine. On 16 ventôse an VII, at the capture of Coire, with 6 grenadiers of the 57, he seized a cannon defended by 22 Austrians, whom he made lay down their arms and take prisoner. At the battle of Biberach, on the 19th of Floréal, An VIII, although severely wounded by a shot to the left thigh at the start of the action, he refused to withdraw from the battlefield and fought with the same energy until victory was declared. On 10 Vendémiaire An XI, the First Consul awarded him a sabre of honour. Employed in the ocean coast army during years XII and XIII, he was promoted to lieutenant on vendémiaire 12, year XII, and made an officer of the Légion d'Honneur on the following prairial 25. Transferred with his rank to the foot grenadiers of the imperial guard on fructidor 12, year XIII, it was in this capacity that he fought in the wars of the great army in Austria, Prussia and Poland from year XIV to 1807. Appointed captain in the 5th regiment of infantry legere on April 3, 1806, he again took part in the 1809 campaign in Germany, under the orders of Marshal Masséna, where he displayed the most brilliant valor. He returned home on October 11, 1809, and became elector of Bouches-du-Rhône.

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