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Hello,

I've been searching the web and have come up with a best guess. The French officer wears a revolutionary tunic and has the rank of 1st Lieutenant. The lack of detail on the gorgot doesn't help but it looks to be a Republican gorget. The Royal French gorget have a crown above the emblem. The one painted doesn't seem to have it. I'm not sure when powdered hair went out of style, but I'd say the early 1790's.

Best Guess

Revolutionary Tunic

1st Lieutenant

Republican Gorget

Powdered Hair 1790-1795

thanks,

barry

If it smells like an almond don't eat it.

I was reading the other day that pirates wore earrings, so if they were thrown overboard and washed up on a beach it would pay for their funeral.

Maybe an uncut diamond

Most likely a pill for diarrhea. That would be worth its weight in gold and definitely worth hiding..

A portrait of Marshal Jean Lannes as a Lt. in 1792.

pic2

Hello,

I just purchased this miniature portrait and was wondering if we can identify the gorget. Maybe a National Guard of Paris. It looks to have maybe a battle scene in the background. I'll post better pics when I get it in a week or so.

thanks,

barry

Hello George,

I asked around and this is what I got. It's hard to tell with these little eagles if they are 1st or 2nd empire or other. The 1st empire eagles legs tend to slant either left or right while the 2nd empire tend to go up and down. Some 1st empire eagles legs do go up and down but they are very rare. Most likely 2nd empire.

The Billard company existed in the 4th quarter of the 19th century.

Here is a nice article on the eagles at the Napoleonic Historical Society.

http://www.napoleonichistoricalsociety.com...s/militaria.htm

Here is a cartridge eagle from the book Waterloo Relics by Bernard & Lechaux.

thanks,

barry

That show(Bob Newhart) was the first thing that came to mind. :D

General Lasalle would have an affair with Leopold's wife. Leopold would divorce her and she would marry Lasalle. Lasalle would treat Leopold's children as if they were his own.

Memoirs of Baron Marbot

Just as he(Lasalle) was on the point of marrying the lady to whom I have referred, Napoleon had given him 200,000 francs out of his privy purse. A week later, meeting him at the Tuileries, the Emperor asked, 'When is the wedding?' 'As soon as I have got some money to furnish with, sir.' 'Why, I gave you 200,000 francs last week! What have you done with them?' 'Paid my debts with half, and lost the other half at cards.' Such an admission would have ruined any other general. The Emperor laughed, and, merely giving a sharp tug to Lasalle's moustache, ordered Duroc to give him another 200,000.

Lasalle would meet his end with a bullet to the head at Wagram in 1809.

Army of Hanover

General Victor Leopold Berthier

(1770-1807)

He would die of an illness in Paris.

Wiki Photo

General Louis Cesar dit de Berluy Berthier

(1765-1818)

Document while in Cairo 1798.

Marshal Louis Alexandre Berthier

(1753-1815)

He would serve throughout the Napoleonic Wars until his death in 1815.

..........the Brothers Berthier.

My name is Leopold and this is my brother Louis & my other brother Louis.

Marshal Louis Alexandre Berthier

(1753-1815)

General Louis Cesar dit de Berluy Berthier

(1765-1818)

General Victor Leopold Berthier

(1770-1807)

Very Nice! What are the measurements?

thanks,

barry

Size 6 Mud Proof Boots

Drouot asked Napoleon to wait until the mud dries at Waterloo before attacking.

http://www.answers.com/topic/waterloo-film

Napoleon is in a happy mood compared to the night before but now the commander of artillery(Drouot) brings bad news. The rains of the previous night have made it impossible to manoeuvre the French guns. The battle must be delayed until the ground dries. Napoleon, who agrees with Ney that they had fought with muddy boots previously, alone among his generals realises that each delay brings the Prussians closer. He is annoyed and leaves his breakfast to look at the battlefield.

Waterloo Movie 1970 - Napoleon gets stuck in the mud

They would soon be at Waterloo.

Napoleon

General Antoine Drouot

(1774-1847)

Artillery Officer

Battles

Fluerus

Hohenlinden

Wagram

Borodino

Lutzen

Bautzen

Leipzig

Hanau

La Rothiere

Vauchamps

Craonne

Laon

Waterloo

Hello,

This one showed up today. Thanks to Jerome I got it translated. The document is not that exciting except for the fact that it is signed by Napoleon and Drouot.

thanks,

barry

"Report to Sa Majest? l'Empereur

Porto Ferragio, 23 June 1814.

Sire,

I have to honour of submitting Your Majesty a report from the Capitaine d'Habillement relating to the establishments to set up for the stores.

I have the honour of praying Your Majesty to authorize the requested expenses.

Gal.Drouot"

Here is an entry dated the 19th of July 1793. Custine would be replaced by the Irish born Kilmaine. Within 40 days Custine's head would be in a Basket.

Thanks

The last mention of Custine in the journal is July 16, 1793. I don't know the date of his recall to Paris.

I believe Baussancourt was put on trial but released.

Both men served under Rochambeau during the American Revolution.

Wike Bio

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Custine

Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (February 4, 1740 ? August 28, 1793), was a French general. Born in Metz, he began his military career as a captain in the Seven Years' War, where he learned to admire the modern military organisation of Prussia.

He next served with distinction against the British as a colonel in expeditionary force of the comte de Rochambeau in the War of American Independence. On his return to France he was named mar?chal de camp (brigadier general) and appointed governor of Toulon. In 1789 he was elected to the states-general by the bailliage of Metz. In October 1791 he again joined the army, with the rank of lieutenant-general and became popular with the soldiers, amongst whom he was known as g?n?ral moustache. General-in-chief of the army of the Vosges, he took Speyer, Worms, Mainz and Frankfurt in September and October 1792.

He carried on the revolutionary propaganda by proclamations, and levied heavy taxes on the nobility and clergy. During the winter a Prussian army forced him to evacuate Frankfurt, re-cross the Rhine and fall back upon Landau. He was accused of treason, defended by Robespierre, and sent back to the army of the north. But he dared not take the offensive, and did nothing to save Cond?, which the Austrians were besieging. Sent to Paris to justify himself, he was found guilty by the Revolutionary Tribunal of having intrigued with the enemies of the Republic, and guillotined on 28 August 1793.

His son was guillotined for attempting to defend him, and his daughter-in-law nearly shared the same fate, but survived, as did his grandson, Astolphe-Louis-L?onor, marquis de Custine

This is the last mention of Custine in the journal.

thanks,

barry