Honorary patent on parchment, partly printed, with vignette, - Lot 207

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Honorary patent on parchment, partly printed, with vignette, - Lot 207
Honorary patent on parchment, partly printed, with vignette, given by the First Consul Bonaparte to : "citoyen Claude Alexis Combe, adjudant sous-officier au 2e régiment de chasseurs à cheval, pour l'affaire du 11 fructidor an 2, près de Lambiheim, où, entouré par plusieurs cavaliers ennemis, il se défendit avec intrépidité, en blessé la plupart en et ne se rendit prisonnier que couvert de blessures dont une fait lui perdre un œil"; he received a sabre d'honneur on 28 fructidor an X; brevet du 4 pluviôse an XI, signed by the First Consul: "Bonaparte", from the Secretary of State: "Hugues Maret" and from the Minister of War: "Alex Berthier"; dry stamp; gilt-rod frame with passe-partout; 32.5 x 42 cm. (Bends). Consulate period. Good condition. COMBE, Claude Alexis, born October 18, 1773, in Miège (Jura), joined the 2nd chasseurs à cheval on January 2, 1793, and served in the Rhine army from 1793 to Year V inclusive; He distinguished himself by his bravery, was appointed brigadier on Thermidor 16, Year II, and fought with heroic valor on Frimaire 11, Year III, in front of Mayence, where, in a charge by his regiment against Austrian troops, he received fourteen saber blows, one of which caused him to lose his left eye; he did not leave the battlefield until the affair was entirely over. In Year VI, he joined the armies of Germany and England, and was promoted to the rank of maréchal des logis on 1st Nivôse, Year VII, serving in the Army of the West during the latter year. Transferred to the Italian army, he took a glorious part in the operations of Years VIII and IX, and was promoted to the ranks of head marshal and warrant officer on 4 Pluviôse and 12 Messidor, Year IX. Employed in the Midi observation army in year X, he was awarded a sabre d'honneur on fructidor 28 of the same year. Second lieutenant on 9 Nivôse, year XI, he fought with great distinction in the campaigns of year XIV, 1806 and 1807, with the great army, and died gloriously with arms in hand, on January 21, 1807, in one of the battles that preceded that of Deppen.
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