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HDVM Hôtel Des Ventes Mazzella

Estimate €400 - €450
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REVOLUTION Certificate of admission to the Nantes Volunteer Corps issued to Mr Thomas MIGNOT DE LAMARTINIERE in the Compagnie de La Concorde, on 1 August 1789 Document engraved by MEGUET in Nantes, adorned with revolutionary mottos and emblems (Phrygian caps, etc.) and bearing the handwritten signatures of LAMARTINIERE and the leading members of the organisation, including Anne-Pierre COUSTARD DE MASSI, first Colonel of the Nantes Volunteers, and COESLIER, Major of the Nantes Volunteers Corps. 28 x 37 cm (foxing spots) The National Corps of Nantes Volunteers was a citizen militia unit established in Nantes at the very outset of the French Revolution, as early as July 1789. Formed in response to the storming of the Bastille in Paris, this corps of ‘citizen-soldiers’ arose from the determination of local patriots to organise themselves to maintain order and defend the new ideas. Thomas MIGNOT DE LAMARTINIERE (1768–1813) was a Major General during the Revolution and the First Empire. He played an active part in the Empire’s major campaigns, fighting notably at Ulm and Eylau. His successes earned him promotion to Brigadier-General in 1807 and the title of Baron of the Empire in 1808. His name is inscribed beneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on the 32nd column (western pillar).
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Auction time 10/23/2026 at 10:00 AM
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