FABER A BRUSSELS " Made of the bravery of... - Lot 308 - Osenat

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FABER A BRUSSELS " Made of the bravery of... - Lot 308 - Osenat
FABER A BRUSSELS " Made of the bravery of Capt Montléger in Egypt. "A porcelain covered vase with blue, gold and browned gold decoration, with two griffin-headed handles. Matte blue body richly decorated on one side, with matt and shiny gold and a trophy of arms (sword, crest helmet, toug and shield), on the other painted of Captain Montléger shooting down a Mameluke in Egyptian ruins, embellished with friezzles of leaves in shiny and matt gold. Signed under the base "F.FABER A BRUXELLES" Ht: 40 cm. B.E. Empire Era. Background: In the battle of Syene, in Upper Egypt, Captain Mont-léger made a brave gesture that deserves to be reported. Being wrapped in a Mameluck groos, they summoned him to surrender, he refused. One of them fired a shotgun at him, which broke his arm, and they all shouted, "He is taken, he is taken! " - Oh, no," replied Mont-Léger. "At the same time, he fired a pistol at a Mameluck who wanted to stop him, killed him, grabbed his horse, climbed on it, and returned to the French camp. Gabriel Gaspard Achille Adolphe Bernon de Montélégier Son of an emigrant camp marshal and great grandson of Pierre-François Choullat, Bernon entered the service at the age of seventeen as a private in a hussar regiment. He campaigned in Egypt as secretary to his compatriot General Bon, but this did not prevent him from working wonders of value in Redisi and the Pyramids. His intrepidness on the battlefields soon made this point. He was appointed lieutenant in 1798 and captain in 1800. In 1810, he was a dragon colonel, aide-de-camp to the Marshal Duke of Danzig and Baron of the Empire. At the same time, he distinguished himself in Extremadura under the command of Marshal Soult. Promoted to Brigadier General on May 30, 1813, he commanded the 1st Brigade of Dragons from Spain during the Saxony campaign. His fine conduct earned him the Bavarian Military Order of Merit Cross. On 8 January 1814, Napoleon made him commander of the Legion of Honour and employed him in t
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