IMPORTANT SET OF SOUVENIRS FROM GENERAL CLAUDE MARIE LEBLEY (1754-1833) INCLUDING : -Portrait as a brigadier general, circa 1800, he wears the insignia of his office (baudrier and epaulettes of brigadier general). Oil on canvas re-coated (restorations), marked "1801." 81 x 65 cm. He appears to be wearing the strong general's sword sold in our set. The decorations of knight of the order of Saint Louis and officer of the Legion of Honor of the 1st type were added later. -Sword of officer of staff to the regulation of Vendémiaire AN XII. Fusée entirely watermarked with silver. Brass mounting, pommel with empanelled helmet, guard with a branch, two quillons and bivalve shell. Body knot at the helmet on bundle of flags. Blade with median flattened, engraved, gilded and blued in the third with decoration of flowered trophies and cabalistic symbols. Leather scabbard with two brass fittings, and two suspension rings (missing the bolt). A.B.E. (Wear and small oxidation on the blade). -Strong general's sword. Ebony handle, watermarked (cracked). Brass mounting, urn-shaped pommel engraved on the obverse with a shield with a flaming spindle loaded with lightning bolts and on the reverse with a floral motif. Guard with one branch decorated with spheres, straight quillon with scroll. Horizontal keyboard cut out, in shield, with decoration of leafy frieze. Beautiful straight blade with flat back and hollow sides engraved, gilded and blued in the third with scrolls and a cartouche "VRYHEID GELYKHEID EN BROEDERSCHAP" (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity in Flemish). With a later leather scabbard (broken, missing), with two brass fittings (one missing). Bouterole engraved with dotted line "Juste Fourbr rue Honoré près celle des poulies." A.B.E. This strong sword would have been given as a sword of honor by a lodge of Batavian refugees in France "Les vrais bataves", installed in Dunkirk, where Lebley serves as commander of the place. A set of 60 documents relating to the life and career of the general: -Copy of the general's birth certificate. -Captain's certificate for citizen Claude Lebley, then lieutenant of the 6th artillery regiment. On vellum. Made in November 1792. Signature of the minister Bouchotte. -Patent for a medal of vetérance in the name of sergeant major Le Bley. On vellum. October 12, 1793. Signature of Bouchotte. -Brevet de général de brigade for citizen Claude Lebley, then captain (!) of the 6th artillery regiment. On vellum. Done on 5 frimaire Year 2. Signed by the minister Bouchotte. -Beautiful request of service of the brigadier general Lebley to the executive board on 24 fructidor An V. Reformed after his wounds received at the battle of Rivoli, Lebley asks again to serve, accompanied by testimonies of his leaders Chérin, Berruyer, Dommartin and Augereau. -Copy of a service record for retirement application. -Copy of his service record for the year XI. Lebley received a saber from General Hoche -Copies of orders from General Vialle commanding the Cherbourg Coast Army and letters relating to the Cherbourg Coast Army. -An important set of documents on the campaigns of the general, mainly in the army of the coasts of the ocean of which letter of appointment signed Berthier, letter of the general Hoche with the letterhead of the army of the coasts of the Ocean, letter of the general Vialle with the letterhead of the army of the Coasts of Cherbourg, letters of service as commander of the place of Dunkerque, copies of the letters received, letter of service for a command in the army of Italy. -" Victory. Relation of the affairs which took place from the 19th of Nivôse to the 27th of the said month, year 5 of the Republic" by the divisional general Alexandre Berthier. Notebook of 9 printed pages. -Minute of a letter sent to the Minister of War on January 5, 1815 about his request for a new patent of the order of Saint Louis. His patent and his cross received in 1792 having been recovered in 1793 by a revolutionary committee. -Minute of a second letter of patent of Knight of Saint Louis, April 25, 1814. -Certificate in the hand of the general stipulating that having bought his cross of Saint Louis with his own money, his heirs will not be forced to send it back to the Minister of War. -Copy of the order of Xbre 1814 on the restitution of the crosses of Saint Louis. -Letter from the Ministry of War certifying that the general obtained the cross of Saint Louis in 1792. -Patent of officer of the Legion of Honor of the Restoration period. On vellum. Done on December 11, 1819._x000