Lot n° 141
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*Saber of honor of infantry known as lighter,... - Lot 141 - Thierry de Maigret
*Saber of honor of infantry known as lighter, awarded by the First Consul to citizen Plomion Louis Roch, sergeant of the 55th ½ brigade of line. Nomination of the 1st Vendemiaire Year XII.
Silver guard, hallmarked, with one branch decorated with fillets; quillon ending with a gadrooned button; plain cap, held on the end of the tail by a silver nail; wooden fuse covered with basane, silver filigree. Officer's blade, with low camber and side groove, engraved with trophies and signed at the heel: "... fourbisseur à Metz", the name: "Spol" has been crossed out. Strong leather scabbard with two silver fittings; button cap, engraved on the back: "Le premier Consul au Cen Plomion Louis Roch Sergent de La 55ème ½ Brigade de Ligne pour Action D'Éclat -Mfre à Versailles Etrepse Boutet"; iron button stinger cap. Length 91 cm. The leather of the scabbard has tightened with age; basane of the handle worn; blade rather oxidized.
Consulate period. Fairly good condition.
A handwritten poster in sepia ink and watercolour, based on the text of the Fastes de la Légion d'honneur, concerning Plomion's record of service is attached. It is signed and dated at the bottom: "Péronne Déssin typographique, de CH. Rivage. JER. 1845”.
This sword was used a lot and was probably used by this soldier, throughout his career, which explains the change of blade, when he became non-commissioned officer, then officer (see his service records).
PUNCHES on the hilt:
- "B Y" in an oval, Denis BROUILLY, first controller;
- "D" in a circle, D'AUDIGNÉ inspector;
- the punches of control, title and guarantee of the silver are not visible, they are under the fuse, as it is often the case
PROVENANCE: Fernand BEAUCOUR collection, Drouot sale, Thierry de MAIGRET study, May 13, 2009, n° 94.
SERVICE RECORD:
PLOMION Louis Roch, born on August 15, 1764, in the department of the Somme, entered the service on November 11, 1782, in the 58th infantry regiment, which became the 55th demi-brigade and the 55th regiment of the line; he made the campaigns of 1782 and 1783 in Spain; that of 1790, in the roadstead of Brest and that of 1791, in America. He was made corporal on the first of October 1790; he was made fourrier on the 1st of January 1791 and sergeant on the 15th of March 1792. He served in the armies of the Ardennes, the North and Sambre et Meuse, from 1792 until the year IV; he distinguished himself particularly, on 8 May 1793, at the affair of Bonne-Espérance wood, near Valenciennes, where he was wounded by a shot to the left leg. He was transferred to the army of Italy, where he fought in the war from the year V to the year VIII. On the 30th of Prairial, Year VII, at the battle of La Trebia, in the village of Castel San Juan, accompanying only the adjutant major REBOUL, of his battalion, they put down the arms of a platoon of twenty Austrian soldiers ambushed in a garden, and took them prisoner. On the 1st of Messidor, at the same affair, the 3rd battalion of the 55th found itself exposed to the murderous fire of two cannon which wreaked havoc in its ranks. The brigade commander asked for a non-commissioned officer and thirty men of good will to seize these pieces. Sergeant PLOMION was the first to emerge from the ranks, and was soon followed by the requested volunteers. These brave soldiers, without worrying about the danger that threatened them, crossed a Russian column and seized the pieces after having killed all the gunners who served them; but, beset by considerable forces, they were obliged to abandon the pieces after having fought with the rarest fearlessness. In this terrible struggle, all his comrades-in-arms met a glorious death; only one of the thirty brave men who had accompanied him remained. PLOMION made his way forward, arms in hand, to join his battalion, which, in the meantime, had been forced to retreat. His remaining soldier was seriously wounded and could no longer follow him; he was therefore forced to continue his retreat alone, stopping at every step to repel the enemy who was pressing him too closely. He was about to reach his battalion when he heard himself called and saw in the midst of a group of Russians the flag bearer who, mortally wounded, was making a last effort to regain the flag that had just been taken from him. At this sight, the intrepid PLOMION sprang upon the Russians, killed and dispersed with bayonets all that stood in his way. Arriving at the Russian soldier who had seized the flag, he snatched it from his hands, carried it away and joined his battalion in the midst of a hail of bullets that the Russians rained down around him. After having given his precious deposit into the hands of his sergeant major, he returned to the battle; but, wounded by a shot that pierced his body and broke two ribs, he was taken prisoner and led to Hungary. On his return from the enemy's prisons, he went to Rouen to join
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