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Sat 06 Jul

600 - France, 2nd World War. Historical memories of Brigadier General Paul CIAVALDINI (1882-1965), appointed Brigadier General in 1939. His decorations, including : - Order of the Legion of Honor. Commander's Cross IIIème République (1870-1940). Enameled gilt metal. Complete with tie. Accidents to the white enamel of the tips, the blue of the centers and the green of the foliage. It comes in a burgundy leather-wrapped box, the lid inscribed "LEGION D'HONNEUR COMMANDEUR" in gilded brass, with no maker's mark. (As is). 9.2 x 6.2 cm. - Officer's star of the Legion of Honor. Enameled vermeil, luxury model, boar's head hallmark, gold centers. Complete with ribbon and rosette. Missing the center of the recto, accidents to the white enamel of the points, the blue of the center and the green of the foliage. (As is). 6 x 4.3 cm. - Set of 3 decorations presented in a white lacquered wooden hinged frame, including Étoile de chevalier de la légion d'honneur IIIème République, enameled silver (damaged), boar's head hallmark, gold centers, complete with ribbon. croix de guerre 1914-17, bronze complete with ribbon and silver bronze star for a citation in the order of the division. Medal for the Moroccan campaign (1909) by Lemaire, silver, complete with ribbon and "Morocco" bar. Frame size 21 x 23 cm (as is). - Brass bar of 7 medals in reduction, including Croix de Guerre 1914-18 in bronze with ribbon and 3 bronze palms, Grande Guerre 1914-1918 commemorative medal in bronze with ribbon, 1939-45 commemorative medal in bronze with ribbon, Morocco medal in silver bronze with ribbon, Verdun commemorative medal in bronze with ribbon, La Marne commemorative medal in bronze with ribbon, Rhineland and Rhur veterans' federation medal with ribbon. (Good condition). - Croix de guerre 1914-15, bronze. Complete with ribbon and 3 bronze palms for 3 commendations (good condition). - Croix de guerre 1914-17, bronze. Complete with ribbon and 1 bronze star for a citation in the order of the regiment. Worn ribbon. (Fairly good condition). - 2 commemorative medals for the 26th and 27th "BAL DES X", 1904 and 1905. Gilt brass, one comes with worn ribbon. (Fairly good condition). - War wounded medal. Enameled gilt bronze. Complete with ribbon. (Fairly good condition). - Interallied commemorative victory medal, by A. Morlon. Bronze. Complete with ribbon. (Good condition). - Commemorative medal for the Great War 1914-1918. Bronze. Complete with ribbon. (Good condition). - VERDUN" commemorative medal, Revillon model. Bronze. Complete with ribbon. (Ribbon insolate, Fairly good condition). - La Marne" commemorative medal. Bronze. Complete with ribbon. (Good condition). - Croix du combattant, bronze. Complete with ribbon. (Fairly good condition). - Commemorative medal for the 1939 - 1945 war, bronze. Complete with ribbon. (Good condition). - Rhineland - Ruhr - Tyrol" commemorative medal, bronze. Complete with ribbon. (Good condition). - 2 enamelled metal badges from the Lyon health service school, made by Drago Paris (good condition). - Badge of the 403 RA Défense Contre Aéronefs, in gilded brass, made by Arthus Bertrand in Paris (good condition). - 51 GAA (Groupe Artillerie de l'Air) badge, enameled brass (good condition). Attached are a set of decoration ribbons, recall ribbons and slide bars.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Sun 07 Jul

Snuffbox for Emperor Napoleon I on St. Helena. Tortoiseshell, rectangular, featuring a coin with the profile of Alexander the Great set in an octagonal motif on the lid. Gold mounting engraved inside: "Cette boite qui appartenoit à l'Empereur Napoléon et dont il se servoit à St Hélène est échue en partage à sa soeur Caroline". Gold tab. Title and guarantee hallmarks Paris 1798-1809. Goldsmith's hallmark of Pierre André Montauban. B.E. Consulate-Empire period. Provenance : -Emperor Napoleon I. -Received by his sister Caroline Murat, on the death of Madame Mère. -Collection of the Princes Murat. -Christie's sale of November 29, 2017, n°9. Historical background: The presence of antique coins on the Emperor's snuffboxes was a habit adopted by him and the other Consuls as early as 1803, when the Curator of Coins passed on antique coins to them, reminding them of the virtues with which the new masters of France were to adorn themselves. On February 13, 1809, Auguste-Laurent de Rémusat, Grand Master of Napoleon's wardrobe, was authorized by the Minister of the Interior to take a series of antique coins from the Cabinet des Médailles to decorate new snuffboxes for the Emperor. Our coin appears to be modelled on the gold staters of the reign of Alexander the Great. In the Emperor's will, our box may correspond to n°9 of the second fund given to his son, the King of Rome, and shared between the Emperor's siblings after his death and that of Madame Mère. This could be snuffbox no. 11 ("Une tête d'Alexandre (la seule qui existe)"). Related works: -a snuffbox decorated with three coins donated by the Emperor in 1810 to the collections of the Museo Napolenico. Work by Montauban. -Another snuffbox by Biennais in the Château de Fontainebleau collections.

Estim. 40 000 - 60 000 EUR

Sun 07 Jul

This item is offered in collaboration with the Rossini study. Exceptional box set of two pistols made by Gosset once owned by Emperor Napoleon I and given by him to to General Armand de Caulaincourt, Duc de Vicence, on the night of April 12-13, 1814. Rectangular case, covered with burr-walnut veneer, enriched at the edge with an ebony baguette, The inside of the lid is sheathed in green velvet, richly embroidered around the edges with wide gold embroidery featuring a series of oak leaves and bees in the corners, surrounding a central "N" under a laurel wreath bearing nine stars, embroidered in a series of gold threads. Engraved silver lock plate: "Boite de pistolets donnée à Fontainebleau à Monsieur le Duc de Vicence par l'Empereur Napoléon en 1814". Cloverleaf lock with brass escutcheon. All screws on the lock plate and hinges are chased. The pistols and accessories are recessed and presented in a burr-walnut veneer trimmed with green velvet on the bottoms and embellished, in the corners, with two compartments with urn-shaped knob lids. It contains a pair of pistols by GOSSET, one short-barreled, the other long-barreled. Rich damascus barrels, decorated in gold. Richly engraved breech tails, locks and hammers. Richly carved walnut mounts decorated with carved ebony motifs. The stock backs bear blue-enameled gold thumb pieces with the Emperor Napoleon I's numeral. The short-barrel model features a gold medallion on the front of the barrel, featuring the profile of Emperor Napoleon I and the Imperial Eagle. Complete with accessories in very good original condition. Box dimensions: 18 x 32 x Ht. 8 cm. First Empire period (circa 1810-1812) The plating on the lid of the box is lifted and cracked, small lack of plating on an inner edge, repair of the plating on the back of the box. Key missing. Full description in the July 7 sale catalog. Provenance : -Emperor Napoleon I. Given on the night of April 12-13, 1814, to General Armand de Caulaincourt. -It has remained in his family ever since. History: The history of these pistols is rooted in the dark hours of the end of the Empire and the Emperor's first abdication: they are doubly linked to Napoleon I's suicide attempt at Fontainebleau, on the night of April 12-13, 1814. Discover the full story in the July 7 sale catalog. The Duke of Vicenza religiously preserved these relics until his death in 1827. In his will, deposited with Me Poignant, notary in Paris, on February 20, 1827, Caulaincourt bequeathed to his eldest son Adrien: "1°- the cameo on onyx representing Emperor Napoleon on one side and an eagle on the other. 2°- the Emperors' saber worn by Emperor Napoleon 3°- this sovereign's fine pistols". He added: "I attach great value to these objects because they were given to me by him in 1814 at Fontainebleau when I left him, as a memento of the loyalty and attachment I had always shown him". Exhibitions: - Deux siècles de gloire militaire, 1610-1814 : exposition organisée avec le concours de la Sabretache", April-June 1935, Musée des arts décoratifs, Pavillon de Marsan. n°879. Pair of pistols belonging to the Emperor and given by him to General de Caulaincourt, Duc de Vicence, at Fontainebleau in 1814. By Boutet (note: there is an error in the name of the harquebusier). Our kit is clearly visible in the central display case in period photographs (Archives de la Sabretache), under the "sabre des Empereurs", also located at that time in the descendants of General de Caulaincourt. Related works: - "Sabre des Empereurs" offered by Napoleon to the grand-écuyer Caulaincourt on the morning of April 13, 1814 in Fontainebleau. From the same provenance as our box of pistols, in Caulaincourt's descendants, the saber, its belt and its case joined the Château de Fontainebleau collections in 1996, via a dation. -A pair of Emperor Napoleon I pistols, by Nicolas Noël Boutet, in the collections of the Musée du Louvre, assigned to the Musée de l'Armée (Inv. Ms 88). - Box of two pairs of pistols, once owned by Napoleon I by Nicolas Noël-Boutet, Musée de l'Armée collections (Inv. Ca 19) Biographies : Louis Marin GOSSET Active from the early 19th century, he worked at the Manufacture de Versailles, where he is said to have been assistant to Nicolas Noël Boutet, artistic director.

Estim. 1 200 000 - 1 500 000 EUR