CACHET WITH THE ALLIANCE ARMS OF MARECHAL DE FRANCE LOUIS DE - Lot 130

CACHET WITH THE ALLIANCE ARMS OF MARECHAL DE FRANCE LOUIS DE CONFLANS marquis d'Armentières and Marie Charlotte de Senneterre. Brass, with the arms of the alliance girded with the collar of the Holy Spirit on crossed marshal's batons of France. 25 x 20 mm. Wooden handle. B.E. Second half of the 18th century (circa 1770). Louis de Conflans, Marquis d'Armentières (1711-1774) During the War of Polish Succession, he served in Italy from 1733 to 1735. On September 19, 1734, he took part in the Battle of Guastalla under Marshal de Coigny, and was wounded by a rifle shot to the neck. On October 18, 1734, he became brigadier in the king's armies at the age of 23. Lieutenant-General in 1746, he was made Marshal of France in 1768.