NORTHERN ARMY. Certificate signed by the Council of the 23rd - Lot 477

NORTHERN ARMY. Certificate signed by the Council of the 23rd Battalion of National VOLUNTEERS (Regimental wax seal) — P.S. in the margin by Generals NOÊL (Pierre) and BONNAUD (Jacques Philippe) – Certificate for Maurice BELLANGÉ, Second Lieutenant on active duty, who was seriously wounded on the 7th of Floréal by a saber blow that completely severed the index and middle fingers of his right hand. It was on the Plain of TROISVILLE near CATEAU-CAMBRESIS that he sustained this wound, while fighting valiantly in defense of Liberty, for which he was always willing to give even the last drop of his blood...” - Drawn up at the BERLAER camp, Belgium, on 11 Thermidor, Year 2 (July 29, 1794) - 1p in-4° oblong.