Diplôme de Chevalier du 1er Empire, signed by Napoléon and C - Lot 45

Diplôme de Chevalier du 1er Empire, signed by Napoléon and Cambacérès. On parchment, headed "Napoléon, par la grâce de Dieu, Empereur des Français, Roi d'Italie, Protecteur de la Confédération du Rhin, Médiateur de la Confédération Suisse...". Award of the title of Chevalier de l'Empire to Sieur Duthoya, signed by Prince Archchancellor of the Empire CAMBACÉRÈS and NAPOLÉON. Dated Palais de Fontainebleau, October 22, 1810. Colored coat of arms top left. With road wax seal (diameter: 12 cm) attached to a ribbon with the Grandes Armes Impériales on the obverse and the Emperor in coronation robes on the reverse. Set in its tin case. Case length: 50 cm - Case diameter: 5 cm. Diploma dimensions: 50 x 41 cm. Recorded in the Senate registers, October 10, 1810 (handwritten annotation on back). Jean-Baptiste DUTHOYA was born on March 21, 1770 in Landerneau (Finistère). In 1810, he was Chef de Bataillon in the 69th Regiment of Line Infantry.