195 - Militaria: French Revolution 1794 (Reign of Terror) / L'Isle de la Montagne (Noirmoutier, Vendée 85) - Gironde (33) / Handwritten military certificate from Year II of the 10th Battalion of Bec-d'Ambès / Vendée Campaign / Fusilier Jean Mariaud / Original large red wax seal & signatures of the General Staff. The members of the Board of Directors of the prestigious 10th Battalion of Bec-d’Ambès (Gironde) certify that Citizen Jean Mariaud is on active duty as a fusilier in the 5th Company. His superiors emphasize that he has “always behaved as a good Republican.” The text notably specifies that the document was issued at “l’Isle de la Montagne,” the highly strategic revolutionary name for the island of Noirmoutier (Vendée 85), where the Gironde battalion was deployed to crush Charette’s royalist forces.The document bears the handwritten signatures of the unit’s officers, including Degrange, Moureau, Captain Desalons, Maury, and Lieutenant Lartigue, with superb calligraphic signatures. The upper left corner bears its magnificent, large original red wax seal, applied directly to the rag paper and remaining perfectly clear, displaying the battalion’s republican insignia.