French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars (1769–1815). He was one of the original 18 marshals of France created by Napoleon. Handwritten endorsement, in French, “Seen and approved by us, Marshal Commander-in-Chief Prince of the Moskowa,” on a one-page 9 x 14.25 manuscript DS from Colonel Sournier of the l43rd Regiment naming non-commissioned officer Gorre a second Lieutenant. Endorsed at the bottom by Ney and also signed by two others. Central horizontal and vertical folds, a uniform shade of toning, and scattered light creases and wrinkles, otherwise fine condition. RRAuction COA.
