Rifle of honor awarded by the First Consul to the citizen Ba - Lot 135

Lot n° 135
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Rifle of honor awarded by the First Consul to the citizen Ba - Lot 135
Rifle of honor awarded by the First Consul to the citizen Babeau (or Babault), hunter on foot of the consuls' guard. Barrel with short sides, then round, punched on the three sides with thunder: "V 3" surmounted of a phrygian bonnet and : "P. B.", signed on the top: "Entse Boutet"; it carries below two punches of unidentified gunner, length 113,7 cm, gauge 18 mm; tail of breech without marking; lock with flint, system with drum, punched: "B. No. 1" in an oval surrounded by foliage (Pierre Bouny's mark) and signed: "MANUFRE À VERSAILLES"; silver fittings, buttplate, trigger guard and counterplate are hallmarked, nasturtium, grenadier and muzzlepiece have no visible hallmark; cheeked walnut stock, on the right side, the silver plate in the form of an escutcheon bears the attribution: "Le 1er Consul - Au Cen Babeau - Chasr à pied de la - Garde des Consuls - Pour Sa Bravoure - et bonne Conduite", rim decorated with foliage; total length 1.53 m. Consulate period. Good condition. TIPS : Goldsmith "J. M." surmounted by a star, unidentified (to date), usual subcontractor of the Manufacture de Versailles, probably a silversmith from the Rouen area. Guarantee old man's head with number: "88" for the department of Seine-Inférieure, Rouen, 1798/1809. Title: 1st rooster of the departments, 1798/1809. PROVENANCE: 1st sale Paul MORANGE, in the Hotel Drouot, Master Dominique VINCENT, Thursday, June 3, 1965, n° 153, expert Robert-Jean CHARLES (adjuged 5000 francs at the hammer). HISTORY: BABEAU or BABAULT, born on July 3, 1768 in Amboise, in the department of Indre-et-Loire, foot hunter of the consuls' guard; entered the service in the 2nd battalion of the federates of Paris, on August 3, 1791, 23rd ½ brigade of line; guard of the consuls, then in the foot hunters of the guard, 6th company, 2nd battalion, on frimaire 28, year IX. In a report, General BERTHIER, Minister of War, to the First Consul, notes that he distinguished himself in a dazzling action, when he was a grenadier in the 23rd ½ brigade of infantry. A certificate of this corps states that on 7 nivôse year III, in an affair which took place near Bréda, he penetrated a Dutch battalion and removed a flag. On 29 prairial year IX, the government awarded him a rifle of honor. Passed as a corporal in the 4th ½ brigade of veterans and included in the 15th cohort, he returned to civilian life in 1805. Legionnaire by right, promotion of the 1st Vendemiaire year XII.
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