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The Academy is proud to announce the upcoming release of its new series of phaleristic studies – Cadernos de Falerística # 1:
The Insignia of Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ of Marshall of the Empire Michel Ney (1805)
by José Vicente de Bragança, the Academy’s Vice-President
Edited in Portuguese, French and English with a précis in Russian
74 pages with illustrations.
Abstract
The study outlines the historical importance of the set of the Grand Cross insignia of the Military Order of Christ which were awarded to Michel Ney, Marshall of the Empire, in 1805, sold at an auction in Paris, in 2012.
Reviewing the origins of the creation of the Grand Cross class in the ancient Portuguese Military Orders, in 1789, and describing its insignia, the book analyses the available sources, namely of iconographic nature, that enable to establish the pattern of the first Badge of the Grand Cross class (1789), while reminding that none is known to have survived, except for insignia-jewels of the Portuguese monarchs.
Comparing Marshall Ney’s badge of the Grand Cross with the images of badges contemporary with the Reform of the Orders in 1789, including the one with which Goya painted D. Manuel Godoy, in 1801, the book stresses its importance as one of the oldest with an established provenance.
Ney’s embroidered Star of the Order included in the auction, and another which belongs to the collections of the State Hermitage Museum, at St. Petersburg are also studied emphasizing its value as phaleristic very rare pieces. Finally, a brief outline of the tragic end of Marshall Michel Ney, one the great generals of the Napoleonic era is given.
Prices:
General public – 13,00€
Academics – 9,00 €
+ Shipping costs (3,00 € to Portugal & Spain; 5,00 € to Europe; 8,00 € to the rest of the world)
Order to: acd.faleristica@sapo.pt
Payment through Bank transfer order to:
Bank Name: Caixa Geral de Depósitos – Agência de Alcântara
Address: R. Prior do Crato, 70 A, 1350 – 262 LISBOA * Tel: + 351 213920250
Account name: Academia Falerística de Portugal
IBAN: PT 500035 0027 0008 3735 3306 3
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Coming soon:
«Cadernos de Falerística», # 2
Portuguese Red Cross Distinguished Services Medal
by Paulo Jorge Estrela
