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Antique weapons and historical souvenirs - Lots 222 to 422

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3, rue Favart 75002 Paris, France
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Lot 224 - Late 18th century American school Woman mourning the ashes of John ... on a background of U.S. and French flags Captioned "DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI Hor: UBI LIBERTAS IBI PATRIA Virg." Oval miniature (broken) on ivory. Under glass. Gold frame engraved "A tribute sacred to the Virtues of James Locock Cusack an ardent son of South Carolina inspired by Patriotism and the Rights of Man, the cause of France, his own, quitted his natal shore, thro perilous scenes, joining the Gallie arms, in juvenile glow and fervour of battleat Brussels 24th october 1794 at 19 years magnanimously fell. Exemplary Youth. Peace to thy shade." 71 x 54 mm - Gross weight: 40g A.B.E. Biography: The astonishing destiny of this young American, James Loocock Cusack, who came to France at 18 for the cause of liberty, serving in the Army of the North with the dragoons. He died in Brussels on October 20, 1794. The Monitor tells his story: "May 24, 1793, year 2. Your newspaper, citizen, is one of the most widely distributed; we therefore ask you to include the following details, which will be useful to many trading houses and interesting for everyone. A young Charlestownian, eighteen years of age (James Loocock-Cusack), of a most distinguished South Carolina family, son-in-law of Colonel Huger, Mayor of Charlestown, full of enthusiasm for the principles of the French Revolution, left his family, his properties, his habits and his enjoyments, to come and offer his services to the French Republic. He embarked last March on the ship l'Heureux, from Bordeaux, sailing for France, which was taken after a month's crossing by an English privateer who took it to Guernsey. Young Cusack was a prisoner for twenty-two days on this island, and after all efforts in vain to disgust him from his project, he was allowed to follow his destination. The young republican immediately acquired a boat, took with him some poor Frenchmen held back by the embargo to whom he offered passage; he abandoned himself with them to the care of Providence, and soon landed on the French coast a short distance from Cherbourg. This young man, seeing a coastline bristling with craggy rocks, wanted to move away to land on a nearby shore, which seemed more favorable. At this retrograde movement, the locals, who thought it was an enemy fleeing, fired their rifles within range, and immediately a fisherman's boat, boarded by several national guards, boarded the foreign boat and brought it ashore. The zealous municipal officers led the young foreigner and his passengers before us. What was our surprise when, instead of an enemy or emigrant as we had been told, we recognized by a number of letters from citoyen Mangourit, Consul of the French Republic in Charlestown, written both to ministers and to many members of the Convention, etc., that we had in our midst an ardent friend of liberty and the republic, specially recommended to Generals Custine and Biron! We made it our duty to introduce this young man to the municipal officers and the Republican Society: he was received with applause".

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 257 - Important saber presented to Colonel Leboutte by the officers of the 4th Belgian Line Infantry Regiment (1833). Mother-of-pearl handle with chased foliate scrolls and trophies with eyelet. Gilt brass mounting, single chain guard with double guilloche rings. Crosspiece with two rhombic and two bulbous quillons. Curved, flat-backed blade engraved in gold with "Jb Rougé fils Fabt d'armes Liège" and hollow sides. Entirely engraved blade, 5/6 blued, gilded, decorated with trophies of arms, scrolls and cartouches engraved "Les officiers du 4e Regt" "Au colonel Leboutte", the last 6th engraved damascus-style on a crown background of laurel and oak leaves. Sheet metal scabbard (pitted and slightly missing) signed en suite "JB RONGE FILS A LIEGE SEPTEMBRE 1833". Chappe entrance with foliage decoration, two vermeil bracelets with lion, trophies, Appolon masks and foliage sting, in chased vermeil. A.B.E. (accidents and missing mother-of-pearl plates, oxidation on the scabbard). Biography : Jean-François-Nicolas LEBOUTTE (1784-1867). He served in the Imperial Guard under the Empire, then as an officer in the infantry. He joined the young Belgian army as a lieutenant-colonel on October 23, 1830. He took part in the Dix-Jours campaign of 1831, and had his horse killed beneath him at the battle of Louvain on August 12, 1831. He was also wounded by machine-gun fire to the right hand. Honorary aide-de-camp to the King on September 22, 1831. Appointed Officier de la Légion d'honneur on July 22, 1836 by Louis-Philippe. Major General on April 19, 1841. Retired on January 20, 1856. St. Helena Medal. He ended his career as Lieutenant-General, having taken part in a total of 16 campaigns in his lifetime (information taken from a biography by D. Timmermans).

Estim. 2 500 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 258 - Important luxury saber presented by the officers of the 1st and 2nd cuirassiers to General Victor Prosper Ernest Anoul in July 1841. Mother-of-pearl plate handle with eyelet and inlaid gilt shield. Gilt mount, single chain hilt with double guilloche rings. Crosspiece with two rhomboid aurillons and two acorn quillons, decorated with foliage. Large curved blade with flat back, engraved with foliage and hollow sides. Fully damascus-engraved blade, 5/6 gilded, decorated with trophies of arms, foliage and cartouches engraved "LES OFFICIERS DES 1er & 2me CUIRASSIERS AU GENERAL VICTOR PROSPER ERNEST ANOUL JUILLET 1841. Maker's mark "PATIN BRUXELLES". Stingray-covered scabbard with metal stitching (partly missing), two bosses with rings, cap and bouterole chased with foliage, in vermeil. A.B.E. (Wear, small accidents to plates and scabbard). Circa 1841. Biography : Victor Arnoul (1794-1862) During the First French Empire, he entered the cavalry school in December 1810. He served in the cuirassiers, before transferring to Dutch service in November 1814 following the fall of the First French Empire. He took part in the Battle of Waterloo on the Dutch side, where he was again wounded. In July 1822, he was forced to leave the Dutch army because of the after-effects of his wounds. Following the Belgian revolution of 1830, he returned to active service, and was appointed colonel commanding the Brussels square, then in May 1831 military commander of the province of Brabant. In October 1831, he took command of the cuirassiers regiment. In April 1841, he was promoted to major-general of the 2nd brigade of the reserve cavalry division. It was at this point that he received our saber. In 1842, he became military governor of Brussels, then military commander of the province of Brabant. In October 1832, he was relieved of these duties to become commander of the national gendarmerie. With royal favor, in 1847 he was appointed aide-de-camp to King Leopold I (until his retirement in 1859), and in 1848 commander of the 1st light cavalry division, while remaining inspector general of the gendarmerie. He was then appointed Minister of War from June 1851 to March 1855.

Estim. 2 500 - 3 000 EUR