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24 & 25 February 2016

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№ 992 x

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25 February 2016

Hammer Price:
£160

Documents relating to Chef de Bataillon Pierre François Auguste Romestin

Royal and Military Order of St. Louis, bestowal document, parchment, 402 x 308mm., dated April 1821, signed by Marquis V. de la Tour-Maubourg, Romestin listed as ‘Chef de Bataillon, Artillerie’, document complete with attached seal in metal case

Legion of Honour bestowal document, parchment, 440 x 371mm., dated October 1819, signed by Marshal MacDonald, Romestin listed as ‘Chef de Bataillon au Regiment de Toulouse, Artillerie à Pied’

Commission Document, appointing Romestin, Chef de Bataillon, Corps Royal d’Artillerie, parchment, 422 x 294mm., dated May 1818, signed by Marshal Gouvion St. Cyr

Certificate of Service, dated 28 June 1858, listing Romestin’s service details

Marriage Contract, dated 28 June 1829, between Mr de Romestin and Mlle Boyle Deane

Certificate of Marriage, on the headed paper of the British Embassy, Paris, recording that Jean François Auguste de Romestin, of the Parish of St. Sulpice, Paris, France - Bachelor and Frances Ellen Deane, of the Parish of Laversham, in the County of Oxford - Spinster, were married in the House of His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador in Paris, 16 June 1829, signed by N. H. Luscombe, Bishop Chaplain to the British Embassy

Extract from the Register of marriage in the Parish of St. Sulpice, dated 1895

Order, for the Armée d’Afrique, dated 8 May 1830

Unrelated letter, in Italian, dated 7 August 1822,
the documents with some damage and repairs, generally good condition (9) £160-200

The recipient’s insignia, with an oil painting and the above documents were sold in Spink, 6 December 1990.