SHAKO PLATE OF AN OFFICER OF THE 65th LINE INFANTRY REGIMENT, model 1812, First Empire. 29875
Gilt brass plate (or badge) with a burnished protruding part with an agate stone (height 13.4 cm, width 11.5 cm) depicting a crowned imperial eagle holding in its talons Jupiter's thunderbolt resting on a base with the number "65" in guilloché silver affixed and fastened in its center (height of number 6: 2.6 cm, width 1.9 cm, height of number 5: 2.3 cm, width 1.8 cm), framed by two lion's heads with foliage branches and a striated lower molding.
France.
First Empire.
Perfect condition, retaining all of its original gilt.
HISTORY:
The 65th line infantry regiment was created in 1803. From 1810 to 1813, it was assigned to the army of Spain and Portugal, participating in the battles of: Astorga, Sobral, Rio Mayor, Fuentes de Onoro, Salamanca, Castro, Vitoria. It joined the Grand Army in 1813, participating in Lutzen, Bautzen, Dresden, and Leipzig. In 1814, it took part in the campaign in France and operations in the Pyrenees and southern France. It fought at Bayonne, Orthez, and Toulouse. In 1815, it conducted operations in Vendée and then campaigned in Belgium; it was present at the battle of Namur.
Reference :
29875 (8708)