REPRODUCTION OF A GRENADIERS' BEARSKIN CAP PLATE, 20th century. 29320

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PLAQUE OF THE SHAKO OF THE GUARD OF HONOR OF MONTENOTTE, model 1812, First Empire modified 1814 then the Hundred Days period. 29317

In silver-plated copper, embossed and cut in the shape of a shield bordered on each side by a lion's head, at the bottom decorated with a ribbon bearing the inscription "GARDE D'HONNEUR DE MONTENOTTE," in the center of which is attached a brass eagle. Height 6 cm, width 9 cm.

France.
First Empire, Hundred Days period.
Good condition.

NOTE:
Originally, this plaque was of the 1812 model, embossed with an imperial eagle on a shield. Under the First Restoration, the eagle was cut off, as evidenced by the top part of the plaque where it can be seen that the beaded border is not complete.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
Under the First Empire, the French department of Montenotte had Savona as its capital.
The department was created on June 6, 1805, and was named after the Battle of Montenotte, won by General Bonaparte on April 12, 1796, against the Austrians led by General Johann von Beaulieu.
Pope Pius VII was deported by Napoleon I and held in forced residence in Savona from August 17, 1809, to June 9, 1812, when he was transferred to the Château de Fontainebleau, still in forced residence, until his release in 1814 and his triumphant return to Rome upon the fall of the Napoleonic Empire. In Savona, he was under the close guard of Gaspard de Chabrol, prefect of the former department of Montenotte, a jurisdiction abolished in 1814.

Reference : 29317

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