Bear

Hello Claudius,

I sold all this stuff off in order to feed my other habits.

Here is a link to the documents/report.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11413

thanks,

barry

I found this on the web.

Reproduction English snake buckle

I think alot of countries used them.

Hello Matt,

It looks like a part of a fancy snake belt buckle hook thingy. I'll see if I can find a picture on the web.

thanks,

barry

Thanks Noir

I noticed the medal last night while looking around for the uniform. I thought at first he might be a doctor or commissioner but after going through some refs. they both had maroon/red collars. If I had to guess I would say some sort of medical uniform. I went ahead and bought the darn thing.

thanks again,

barry

Surgeon Larrey

Hello,

I'm trying to put a date on this uniform(pre or post 1815). I've been tolds maybe a Commissioner of War uniform no epaulettes. The medal is either the Ordre de Saint Louis or the L?gion d?honneur.

thanks,

barry

I have a General Grandjean document but still need a Marshal Oudinot.

Forgot the watermark :o

Thanks HOW MUCH :rolleyes:

Hello,

I just purchased my first Napoleon document. I've been looking for the right one and finally found it. After Marshal Lannes was killed at Aspern Essling(1809), General Oudinot took over the II corps. The document is dated just after Wagram and signed Napole.

Sire, Marshal Oudinot has laid out that the line regiments of the Grandjean division all have two, or even three eagle standards and that the colonels of those corps desire to have them reduced to one, thereby conforming to specifications of an imperial decree. They would then send the extra ones back to France. My opinion, Sire, is that the troops of the line, be it infantry, be it cavalry, must have all their standards on the days of battle, as symbols of victory. I kindly request Your Majesty to inform me of your intentions in this regard?

The Emperor replies:

The colonels of the Grandjean division regiments ask that only one eagle standard be assigned to the army and to send the others back to France. Approval is granted to keep one standard with the army and to send the others back to France to be put into the war [...] when the time has come.

thanks,

barry

I found a couple of things about Schmiedern.

H. von Schmiedern

Military Order of William

http://home.wanadoo.nl/g.vanuythoven/MWO/M...Class.htm"]http://home.wanadoo.nl/g.vanuythoven/MWO/M...4th%20Class.htm

Schmiedern, 2nd Lieutenant H. von (1794- )(KB No.17, 11 August 1815)

History of the King's German Legion

http://books.google.com/books?id=Kv4GAAAAQ...ct=result"]http://books.google.com/books?id=Kv4GAAAAQ...3&ct=result

thanks,

barry

Hello,

I received an email from a young lady asking if I might know where she might find some information on a Ernst/Ernest von or de Schmiedern. I thought I'd start here or maybe the German Section

The email:

Can you help me?

I am trying to find out about Ernst/Ernest von or de Schmiedern (?-1845).

He was in KGL 1st Dragoons until december 1806. From March 1807 he was in

7th Hussars ( Queens Own). At some point he became a Baron, perhaps it came

with his KH (20/9/26). He had a wife called Clara and an only daughter

Augusta Clara (1831). Any suggestions where to look?

thanks,

barry

Hello Steve,

I would guess 1840-1860ish based on the American boards. I have never seen metal epaulettes for the Napoleonic French. I've always been told that the cavalry and artillery used these type boards to protect during cavalry slashes.

just guessing,

barry

American Lobster boards

Hello Steve,

I can't help with the date but I did find this on Enniskillen.

thanks,

barry

Waterloo Relics

by Bernard & Lachaux

page 71

Hello Ed,

Medal Group of Berger Loman

website: http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_..._wwi/loman.html

Rank and Organization: Private, U.S. Army, Company H, 132d Infantry, 33d Division. Place and Date: Near Consenvoye, France, 9 October 1918. Entered Service At: Chicago, Ill. Born: 24 August 1886, Bergen, Norway. G. O. No.: 16, W.D., 1919.

Citation:

When his company had reached a point within 100 yards of its objective, to which it was advancing under terrific machinegun fire, Pvt. Loman voluntarily and unaided made his way forward after all others had taken shelter from the direct fire of an enemy machinegun. He crawled to a flank position of the gun and, after killing or capturing the entire crew, turned the machinegun on the retreating enemy.

thanks,

barry

Dominique Vincent Ramel Nogaret(1769-1829)

Minister of Finance

May 28, 1798

I just got in a couple of documents.

Claude Ambroise Regnier(1746-1814)

Duke of Massa

Minister of Justice, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor

May 7, 1806

Armory

Mre d' Armes de Tulle Decembre 1875

? ? de Dulle Decembre 1875

Hello,

I have this bayonet and need some help on the inscription.

Maybe the Armory

? ? de Dulle Decembre 1875

thanks,

barry

I just noticed a seal on the Consul document.

Suchet

This last one signed by Marshal Suchet

Bonaparte Consul

seal on the document

Hello,

I got a few new documents in today.

thanks,

barry