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232 - BANNER WITH THE ARMS OF FRANCE from the Chouannerie Revoluti…
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Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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BANNER WITH THE ARMS OF FRANCE from the Chouannerie Revolution period. Banner in plain, light silk called levantine, with identical motifs painted on both sides, flanked by gold-painted fleurs-de-lis. The centre of the drapery features the Arms of France in an oval of azure with three fleurs-de-lys in gold, edged in gold with the Cross of the Order of the Holy Spirit and stamped with the royal crown flory (height of design: 48 cm). The shield is framed by two branches of laurel leaves and fruit. Wooden shaft, the upper end of which bears a forged steel spike with flat blades, diamond-shaped in cross-section with a central edge (2 cm collar) separating the blade from the ball (3.3 cm high and 3.1 cm in diameter), from which a threaded rod (1 cm long) protrudes to hold it in the wood of the shaft. Socket on the shaft (7 cm high) housing the threaded end of the pike. France during the Revolution. Pike contemporary with the banner. Later wood of the shaft. Banner: Height: 129 cm. Width: 123 cm. Pole length: 256 cm. Length of pike: 31 cm. Condition report: the banner is in average condition, with some tears and tears to the silk. Some period repairs, notably to the coat of arms of France. Provenance : - By family tradition: Baron Alexandre de Courson de La Villevalio, Chouan leader. - By uninterrupted descent, Baron M. de B., Manoir du Vally, Guingamp. The life of Baron de Courson was entirely devoted to the defence of the Throne and the Altar. Born in Trédaniel in 1767, Alexandre de Courson de La Villevalio served in Condé's army from 1792 to 1796. He fought as a chouanne in Trégor until 1800, notably at the battle of Tréglamus, near Guingamp. He took up arms again during the 100 days against Napoleon and commanded the Royal Volunteers of the Côtes-du-Nord department at Quintin. Louis XVIII decorated him with the Cross of the Royal and Military Order of Saint-Louis and appointed him General at the end of 1815. Baron de Courson took up arms again in 1832 against the "usurper" Louis-Philippe and led the legitimist troops into battle, in particular against General de Castres on the Touchenaux moor in Vergeal (Ille-et-Vilaine) in 1832. He died in Fontainebleau in 1847. Sources: Histoire de la Vendée Militaire, volume 4. Jacques Crétineau-Joly, Paris. 3rd edition. Source: Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Jullien de Courcelles, Dictionnaire historique et biographique des Généraux français, depuis le onzième siècle jusqu'en 1822, tomes V et VI, Paris, 1822.
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About the sale FLORILEGE 2026
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Auction time 06/27/2026 at 2:00 PM
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