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Pair of general officer of fonts Empire era red leather caps with gilt brass. Each font is connected to the other by a leather with the fonts of straps or belts and more. From the estate Lérivint *.
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General of the French Revolution and the First Empire. He is the father of the cavalry colonel Joseph Charles Lerivint (1776-1812). The young Gabriel Lerivint engages very early in the King's army. It makes a fine military career before the revolutionary wars, gradually climbing the military ladder. First junior officer, he became lieutenant colonel and colonel in the cavalry. January 10, 1794, Gabriel-Jacques Lérivint was promoted to brigadier general by the people's representatives to the Armies of the Rhine and Moselle. Attached to the division of the young general Championnet, in the Moselle Army, joined his division Lérivint 10 June 1794. He serves in Liège on 10 August 1794, then in Fleurus on June 26 of that year. On 2 July 1794, Lérivint is assigned to the Army of Sambre and Meuse, where he replaces General Dubois. He took command of the cavalry 24 March 1795. After the first reform in February-September 1797, Lérivint was appointed commander of the department of Sambre and Meuse and the department of Dyle and finally the Department of Deux-Nèthes, from 1799 to 1802. He was appointed Knight of the Empire by Napoleon in 1810. He was made a Knight of the Royal and Military Order of St. Louis. Field Marshal retired to Saumur. So he did all campaigns since the reign of Louis XV to the Empire. Gabriel will die Lerivint June 14, 1823 in Saumur in the Maine-et-Loire, at the advanced age of 82.
The Empire Generals fought alongside the Emperor Napoleon during his many campaigns. Their loyalty, loyalty and competence have mostly allowed them to climb the military ranks on one hand, but also social becoming senior and rich French nobility. Empire General of the collections of these families are particularly rich and well.
