Lot n° 22
Estimation :
100 - 150
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 105EUR
HUNDRED DAYS / NATIONAL COCARD / TRICOLOR FLAG / LYON. Imper - Lot 22
HUNDRED DAYS / NATIONAL COCARD / TRICOLOR FLAG / LYON. Imperial Decree. Lyon, March 13, 1815. Poster (53 x 42 cm) printed in Lyon by J. B. Kindelem’s Printing House. Header bearing the Imperial Coat of Arms. Signed by Emperor Napoleon and by the Grand Marshal acting as Major General of the Grand Army, Count Bertrand. A historic decree issued by Napoleon Bonaparte upon his arrival in Lyon during the Flight of the Eagle, immediately abolishing the white cockade, the Fleur-de-Lis decoration, as well as the royal orders of Saint Louis, the Holy Spirit, and Saint Michael. The text orders the restoration of the national cockade for troops and citizens, as well as the return of the tricolor flag to town halls and rural church steeples. Creases, foxing, and missing sections at the margins.
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