LEGION OF HONOR - RESTORATION - Lot 152

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LEGION OF HONOR - RESTORATION - Lot 152
LEGION OF HONOR - RESTORATION MACDONALD (Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre, Duke of Taranto) Marshal of the Empire, then Grand Chancellor of the Royal Order of the Legion of Honor. Official printed circular from the Grand Chancellery of the Royal Order of the Legion of Honor, 2 folio pages, relating to the Royal Order of March 26, 1816. Printed header: "Grande Chancellerie de l'ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur". addressed to : "To the Members of the Order". Important administrative text setting out the new procedures for registration, issuance of patents and justification of titles following the reorganization of the Order under the Restoration. The second page bears at the bottom the printed mention: "The Grand Chancellor of the Royal Order of the Legion of Honor, MACDONALD". as well as : "Vicomte de Saint-Mars". A particularly interesting document for the institutional history of the Legion of Honor after the fall of the Empire, at the beginning of the reign of Louis XVIII. Good condition, original central folds, minor marginal wear.
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