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195 - LEGION OF HONOUR: Set of 19 documents: Instructions concerni…
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LEGION OF HONOUR: Set of 19 documents: Instructions concerning the conferral of the Legion of Honour, 5th supplementary, Year 11. Royal Order establishing the Code of the Legion of Honour, 20 April 1816. Letter on letterhead with postmark, for a Knight, signed Le Boeuf, May 1816. Seven pay receipts for knights and officers, one left blank, dated from 1816 to 1818. Letter on letterhead with postmark to General Rouyer’s wife, signed by Le Boeuf, 1817. Two certificates of knighthood signed by Marshal Macdonald in 1817 and 1819, the second for Charles O’Sullivan. Letter on letterhead with postmark, signed by Saintmare in 1838. Decree amending the design of the decoration (Republic), September 1848. Letter on letterhead with envelope and postmark from 1855, three pages, addressed to Officer de Broqueville. Letter on letterhead, semi-printed, announcing a delegation for the reception of a Knight in 1869. Letter on letterhead, semi-printed, requesting information regarding a Knight in 1928.
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About the sale FREEMASONRY – HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
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Auction time 07/23/2026 at 10:10 AM
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