Lot 6257
Eugène Napoleon/de Beauharnais (1781 - 1824) - a handwritten and signed décret, circa 1810
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Written in black ink on a sheet of paper (dimensions 25 x 20 cm). Eugène Napoleon requests a “Major Général” to grant Colonel Joannis his retirement, “Il pourrais passer dans le Commandement de place”. Autograph signature “Eugene Napoleon”. Folded. Ink inscription at the upper edge, presumably by the Major General: “Décret du 27 Juillet - Exécuté le même jour”; inscribed in pencil at the lower edge in a collector's hand “Beauharnais, Eugène”. Framed under glass in a modern frame. Eugène de Beauharnais, Napoleon's adopted son, fought from 1809 against the Austrian troops invading Italy, whom he defeated at the Battle of Raab in June 1809. He subsequently suppressed the uprising in Tyrolean and had Andreas Hofer shot in Mantua in February 1810.Provenance: Aus alter süddeutscher Privatsammlung.
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