FRANCE. ORDRE MILITAIRE DE SAINT-LOUIS. Two documents relating to the appointment of Gabriel Denis DEVILLE, former officer in the Swiss Guards, as a knight of the order. - Brevet de chevalier. On vellum. Given July 19, 1814. Signed "Louis" and general comte Dupont; - Certificate headed "Nous, Charles Ferdinand duc de Berry, petit-fils de France, colonel général des chasseurs et chevaux légers lanciers, etc." for the award of the cross of knighthood of Saint-Louis. Red wax seal (small missing) and signature "Charles Ferdinand" of the Duc de Berry. July 19, 1814.

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