Fan, 3rd Hussar regiment, Napoleonic Battles
Fan, 3rd Hussar regiment. Commemorative fan to the glory of the 3rd regiment of hussars. The leaf is in painted silk. We can read the names of the great Napoleonic battles fought by the third Hussar regiment: Iena, Eylau, Friedland and Montereau. In the center is the motto of the regiment “Il en vaut plus d’un”. The sticks are made of bone, it is engraved, pierced and gilded. It measures 9,45″ long closed and 18,11″ in diameter. This fan was probably created for the centenary of one of these battles? In 1907 if it was for the centenary of the battle of Eylau or Friedland, in any case circa this date.
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