Rare partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Nap,” one page, 20.75 x 16.5, May 3, 1810. Patent of arms conferring the order of Chevalier of the Legion d’Honneur on Bourgeois de St. Paul. Signed at the conclusion by Napoleon. Upper left corner bears the hand-painted coat of arms. Includes the original tin presentation tube, as well as the seldom-seen red wax Napoleonic seal with accompanying tin case. Rolled and in very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, a slit to the vellum in the lower left corner, and the rapid signature a bit light but fully legible. Established by Napoleon in 1802, the Legion of Honor is the highest French order for military and civil merits. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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