Émigrés. CERTIFICATE SIGNED BY THE DUKE OF ANGOULÊME AWARDED TO LOUIS DE VERDALL, Hussars of Damascus, February 22, 1801. 18913-27

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Émigrés. CERTIFICATE SIGNED BY THE DUKE OF ANGOULÊME AWARDED TO LOUIS DE VERDALL, Hussars of Damas, February 22, 1801. 18913-27

"We Louis Antoine, Grandson of France, Duke of Angoulême, chief of the Noble Regiment Cavalry of Our Name, certify that Mr. Louis de Verdall from the province of Aunis, sub-lieutenant in the Legion of Lauzun on September 2, 1782, lieutenant on August 15, 1788, emigrated on October 11, 1791, served in the 1792 campaign in the center army, participated in the campaigns of 1794, 95, 86, 87 in the Hussars of Damas, he was wounded in the action of August 15, 1796, [...] still serves today as a Noble in the 4th Squadron of Our Regiment as a zealous and faithful servant of the King [...]
February 22, 1801.
Signed: Louis Antoine".

Red wax seal.
Dimensions: 23 cm x 35.5 cm.
Fair condition, folds with tears, but complete text. Seal in poor condition.

The Legion of Foreign Volunteers of Lauzun, also known as the Legion of Lauzun, was a mixed military unit made up of foreign volunteers in the service of the Old Regime in the late 18th century.

Reference : 18913-27

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