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live November 4 | 02:00 PM
Thierry de Maigret

11 - Five framed documents:

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Estimation

€200 - 300

Sale fees

30%

Five framed documents: - Certificate of safety issued to Citizen Charles Bouchage, Léman Department, dated 18 Thermidor, Year VII of the Republic; 17 x 18 cm. - First lieutenant’s commission awarded to Citizen Jean Bourgeat by the Provisional Executive Council, 5th Artillery Regiment, dated Paris, December 20, 1792, signed: “Pache” (seal); 42.5 x 31.5 cm. - Commission as captain commanding the 4th Light Artillery Regiment, 3rd Company, for Citizen Jérôme Dominique Bourgeat, issued in the name of the National Convention on 28 Fructidor, Year III; 46.5 x 35 cm. - Certificate of active service in the 1st Cuirassier Regiment issued by Jean Joseph Bayer, a conscript of Year IX, who was inducted into the regiment on April 19, 1808; issued in Metz on December 26, 1810; bearing the regiment’s seal; 33 x 21 cm. - Permission for Mr. Hugh Hannay... of the ship, a prisoner of war, to leave the town of Verdun through the Paris Gate or the Metz Road Gate, on condition that he return each day before they close; this permission is granted to him alone; Verdun, May 30, 1812; signed: “The Commander of the English Prisoner-of-War Camp” (seal of the Verdun camp). This document is glued to a small leather wallet that folds into eighths; 15.5 x 17.5 cm; wallet 11 x 7.5 cm. On the back of the frame, the historical description is in English. Revolutionary and First Empire periods. Fairly good condition.

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Auction details

Antique Weapons, Historical Memorabilia, and Decorations
Wednesday, November 4
02:00 PM
Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

Auction house

Thierry de Maigret +33 1 44 83 95 20 maxime@tdemaigret.fr
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 170,000 lots published

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