E-auction 638-640488 - fjt_1031537 - LOUIS XVI Colonie de Saint-Domingue, Bouton n.d.
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| Estimate : | 40 € |
| Price : | 7 € |
| Maximum bid : | 21 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 July 2025 19:58:20 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Colonie de Saint-Domingue, Bouton
Date: n.d.
Metal : brass
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,05 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, coups et rayures. Taches d’oxydation
Obverse
Obverse legend : ISLE SAINT DOMINIGUE LA NATION / LA LOI / ET LE ROI.
Obverse description : Dans une couronne de chêne d'un seul tenant.
Reverse
Commentary
Notre lecteur André Libaud complète ce classement : c’est un bouton d'uniforme français des troupes bourgeoises et irrégulières du département du Calvados district de Caen 3ème décret du 23 décembre 1790. Appelées milices jusqu'en 1790-91, ces troupes prirent le nom de gardes nationales en 1791. Ici, manque l'attache au revers qui a été limée et qui a disparu. Pour en savoir plus voir l'ouvrage : LE BOUTON D'UNIFORME FRANCAIS par LOUIS FALLOU.
Our reader André Libaud completes this classification: it is a French uniform button of the bourgeois and irregular troops of the department of Calvados, district of Caen, 3rd decree of December 23, 1790. Called militias until 1790-91, these troops took the name of national guards in 1791. Here, the fastener on the lapel is missing, which has been filed down and disappeared. To find out more, see the work: THE FRENCH UNIFORM BUTTON by LOUIS FALLOU
Our reader André Libaud completes this classification: it is a French uniform button of the bourgeois and irregular troops of the department of Calvados, district of Caen, 3rd decree of December 23, 1790. Called militias until 1790-91, these troops took the name of national guards in 1791. Here, the fastener on the lapel is missing, which has been filed down and disappeared. To find out more, see the work: THE FRENCH UNIFORM BUTTON by LOUIS FALLOU
Historical background
LOUIS XVI
(05/10/1774-01/21/1793)
The Girondin ministry, formed on March 23, 1792, declared war on April 20 on the King of Bohemia and Hungary, Leopold II. Rouget de Lisle composes the Marseillaise on April 25th. The Fatherland is declared "in danger" on July 11. The Parisians and the Marseillais take the Tuileries and massacre the defenders of the castle, Swiss and noble, the king and his family take refuge near the Assembly. Louis XVI was stripped of his functions and interned in the Temple on August 12. In early September, massacres took place in Parisian prisons, including the Carmelites, and claimed thousands of victims, including the Princess of Lamballe, Marie-Antoinette's friend. Dumouriez and Kellermann won the victory of Valmy over the Prussians on September 20, 1792. The news was quickly known thanks to Chappe's telegraph. The following day, the republic was proclaimed and royalty abolished at the first meeting of the Convention. Dumouriez defeated the Austrians at Jemmapes on November 6 and occupied Brussels. The King's trial begins on December 10. On January 17, he was sentenced to death by a majority vote and was guillotined on January 21, 1793..
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