PAIR OF BRIGADIER GENERAL EPAULETTES, First Empire. 30227.

PAIR OF EMBROIDERED EPAULETTES BELONGING TO BRIGADE GENERAL PIERRE MARIE FAUCHER KNOWN AS CONSTANTIN, First Empire. 30227

Entirely made of threads, bullion, and spangles. Each epaulette body in woven lace with a cul-de-sac design adorned with two silver thread stars and sequins, lined with dark blue, almost black fabric (length 15.5 cm, body width 7.5 cm, fringe height 6.5 cm), with double rotation, a double row of fringes with large "spinach seed" beads.

Cardboard box covered in ivory paper, lined with green paper, with inner cushioning in fabric with pink and green checks. Round label printed in black on the lid and another identical one inside the lid reads "À L'ÉTOILE D'OR, / Rue Saint-Honoré, near / l'Oratoire, n° 147. / VATEL, / Holds a shop for all kinds of Embroideries and Gilding in gold and silver."

France.
First Empire.
Very good condition.

BIOGRAPHY:
Pierre Marie FAUCHER known as CONSTANTIN. La Réole, 12.09.1760 - Bordeaux, 27.09.1815
Mayor and deputy of La Réole.
Twin of Marie François Étienne known as CÉSAR.

Their joint accomplishments:
- 01.01.1780: Entered service in the King's Chevau-légers
- On the eve of the Revolution, they were sub-lieutenants in the Alsace Chasseurs regiment
- 31.03.1791: Discharged with their unit
- 03.03.1793: Captain in the 1st battalion of Gironde volunteers
- 21.06.1793: Provisional Adjutant Generals, battalion commanders
- 30.07.1793: Confirmed as Adjutant Generals, battalion commanders
- 22.09.1793: Provisional Brigade Commanders
- 06.10.1793: Confirmed as Brigade Commanders
- 11.10.1793: Provisional Generals of Brigade
- 27.11.1793: Suspended from their duties as suspected of federalism; maintained in their roles by the
representative of the people LE QUINIO
- 01.01.1794: Accused by the Jacobins and decreed arrest
- 10.01.1794: Arrested in Saint-Maixent's army to be tried before the Revolutionary Tribunal
- 03.1795: Honorable mention by the Committee of Public Safety to the Convention
- 04.04.1795: Confirmed in the rank of General of Brigade
- 06.04.1795: Army of Rhin-et-Moselle
- 1803: Both resigned from their functions
- 1814: Sentenced to death by the English for defending La Réole, but pardoned on the intervention of Marshal MARMONT
- 1815: Knights of the Legion of Honor
- 13.06.1815: Employed as provisional Division Generals in the Army of the Western Pyrenees under
General CLAUZEL
- 24.09.1815: Arrested for allegedly harboring a weapons depot, imprisoned in the fort du Hâ and then sentenced to death by the military council of the 11th military division, executed three days later

Separately, Constantin:
- 15.06.1793: Injured while capturing a battery
- 09.04.1800: Sub-prefect of La Réole