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606 - CHINON / TOURS (37) – REVOLUTIONARY POSTER FOR DISPLAY dated…
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Estimate €125
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CHINON / TOURS (37) – REVOLUTIONARY POSTER FOR DISPLAY dated 23 Nivôse, Year II (1794) – “FREEDOM OR DEATH, The Independent, United and Indivisible French Republic”: JUDGEMENT of the REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COMMISSION, established for the departments of Indre-et-Loire and Loir-et-Cher, SITTING PROVISIONALLY in TOURS. “WHICH ACQUITS AND EXONERATES Gabriel-Pierre DEMONS, collector of land and property taxes for the commune of CHINON and its annexed areas, of the various charges brought against him; orders that he be released immediately ../... that, consequently, his name shall be struck off and expunged from all prison registers.../... and that this judgement shall be printed in a thousand copies and posted throughout the departments.../... and particularly in the commune of CHINON”. A large notice, 53 x 43 cm, explaining the facts: Citizen Demont was accused of counter-revolutionary sentiments or actions for having spoken “to brigands on horseback” and agreed to read their proclamation as rebel aristocrats, etc... The witnesses, residents of Chinon, cited … Demons, whose bravery is attested, his diligence in service as a National Guard, his bravery against the rebels of the Vendée, in being the first to charge into the fray, and having been accepted, at his request, into the grenadiers tasked with attacking the châteaux of Le Coudray and Les Ormes, where he was among the first to enter… As for the arrival of the brigands in Chinon, he safeguarded the tax register and the tax revenue of the commune of Chinon, of which he was the tax collector, from the rapacity of the rebels by hiding them at a citizen’s house; and that immediately after the brigands had departed, he handed over the funds from the treasury to the district authorities... IN TOURS at the Printing Works of C. BILLAUKT & Company, Printer to the People’s Society. BOTTOM MARGIN: a signed handwritten note certifying that the poster is a true copy, issued by the Revolutionary Military Commission, TOGETHER WITH THE WAX SEAL of the said commission.
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About the sale SALE OF COINS, BANKNOTES, MEDALS, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY HEADGEAR, INSIGNIA AND DECORATIONS – lots 300 to 598 Followed by OLD PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS, DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS – Lots 599 to 862
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Auction time 10/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
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