Militaria: French Revolution 1794 (Reign of Terror) / Châlon - Lot 190

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Militaria: French Revolution 1794 (Reign of Terror) / Châlon - Lot 190
Militaria: French Revolution 1794 (Reign of Terror) / Châlons-sur-Marne (Marne 51) – Castillon (Gironde 33) / Handwritten military certificate from the 6th Hussar Regiment (Boyer’s Legion) / Escape from the Battle of Marchiennes, 1793 / Wax seal and official stamp from Year II. French Revolution 1794 (Reign of Terror) / Châlons-sur-Marne (Marne 51) – Castillon (Gironde 33) / Handwritten military certificate from the 6th Hussar Regiment (Boyer Legion) / Sergeant Antoine Byot—Escape from the Battle of Marchiennes, 1793 / Wax seal and official stamp of Year II - The Board of Directors of the 6th Hussar Regiment (formerly the Boyer Legion) officially certifies the service of Citizen Antoine Byot, who held the prestigious rank of Maréchal des logis in the 3rd Company. The cavalryman is listed as a native of Castillon (Gironde 33), in the district of Libourne. Signed by the quartermaster-treasurer captain and countersigned by the members of the regiment’s Board of Directors. It bears a magnificent original red wax seal applied beneath the paper. The reverse side of the document is stamped with the rare administrative stamp “MINUTE.” A first-rate archive piece for collectors of the Republican Light Cavalry and military postal history.
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