Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Napoleonic-Period Document Signed by Marshal of France Soult.
A parchment Promotion Document appointing F. M. G. des Arcis a Captain of Cavalry, dated Paris, 8 February 1815, and signed by Marshal of France Soult with his title of Duke of Dalmatia when he was Minister of War for France. The document is signed one month before Napoleon returned from Elba; his return saw Soult re-join him, and he served at the Battle of Waterloo as Napoleon’s Chief of Staff; no doubt the newly promoted des Arcis was also present at Waterloo, one small tear, otherwise fully intact, folded, very good condition for age £100-£140