Waistbelt plate of an Officier des Lanciers de Monsieur, model 1814, modified during the Hundred Days.
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Cast brass plate, chiselled and gilded. The fleurs-de-lys were removed and the middle of the shield was pierced for fastening an imperial eagle. Back complete with hook and clasp. Height : 84 mm ; width : about 78 mm. Very good condition ; modification of the time. Scale circa 1.
Former Saint-Aubin collection. Two specimens of this model are known ; both are similar and were modified during the Hundred Days. One of them is in the French army museum and belonged to lieutenant-colonel Berteche. His granddaughter made a donation to the artillery museum in 1899, together with the epaulettes, the waistbelt and the cartridge pouch.
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