SOUVENIRS OF GENERAL CAMBRONNE (1770-1842) Set... Lot 37

SOUVENIRS OF GENERAL CAMBRONNE (1770-1842) Set of seven souvenirs including: Collar of his uniform of brigadier general. In national blue cloth embroidered in thread, canetille and golden sequins of a frieze of oak leaves and a border with wolf teeth, closing with four hooks. 48 x 9 cm. Pair of facings of his brigadier general's uniform. In national blue cloth embroidered in thread, canetille and gold sequins with a frieze of oak leaves and a wolf's teeth border. 27 x 10 cm. Waist crest of his brigadier general uniform. In national blue cloth embroidered in thread, canetille and golden sequins of oak leaves. Two ribbons with puff of the Legion of Honor. Heart embroidered with the number "PC" surmounting two hearts in a wreath of laurel leaves with the inscription "Posterity owes immortality to the brave". Silk reverse. The whole contained in a wooden box with an inscription in ink "SOUVENIRS DU GENERAL CAMBRONNE". B.E. (Small wear of use of embroidery). Provenance: - Château de Kéraval (Finistère), owned by the General and then by his daughter. - Private collection History: At the time of the return of the Emperor, by arriving in Paris at the time of the Hundred Days, Cambronne is named Grand-Croix of the Legion of honor and general of division. Cambronne refuses this rank, wishing to preserve his posting in the Guard. A few weeks later, Cambronne will cover himself with glory at Waterloo.