Standard Of The Cavalry Squadron Of The National Guard Of The City Of Rouen, Model 1852, Pr

STANDARD OF THE CAVALRY SQUADRON OF THE NATIONAL GUARD OF THE CITY OF ROUEN, model 1852, Presidency of Louis Napoleon. 32284 Silk H 61 cm, W 59.5 cm without the pole cover, with 61 cm (without fringe), divided into three bands of equal width, blue on the right, white and scarlet on the left. The blue part is augmented by a scabbard of the same color for the passage of the pole (W 6.5 cm). In each corner and on both sides is painted, a golden laurel wreath surrounding the letters "LN". Mid-fine silver fringe, W 5 cm, they are alternated flexible of the model called "corde à puits" and with large twists called "graine d'épineach". The obverse is painted gold: "LOUIS-NAPOLEON: TO THE CAVALRY SQUADRON / OF / ROUEN", and on the reverse: "EF/ GARDES NATIONALES / OF THE SEINE". France. Presidency of Louis Napoleon. Very good condition, some wear and cracks on the silk. KNOWN COPIES: We have listed to date 6 copies of model 1852 standards for the national guards of the cities of Noyon, Vitry-le-François, Boulogne, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the gunners of Lille, and that of the city of Rouen presented here. HISTORY: On December 31, 1851, President Louis-Napoleon ordered the reinstatement of the French eagle on the army flags. On March 4, 1852, the artillery directorate sent to the Minister of War, for approval, a type of eagle executed and proposed by Auguste Barre, sculptor. The first contract provided for large-model eagles for flags and small-model eagles for standards. In the end, only the large model was selected. In July 1852, Marion executed a first model for the 109 eagles to be flown over the flags and standards of the battalions and squadrons of the National Guard. These eagles, of a design very different from that of the army eagles, have their heads turned to the right and are silver. On the obverse, the letters "LN" appear on the box and on the reverse, the name of the department with, below, the number of the battalion or squadron. The Army Museum preserves the standard plaster model and the eagle of the 24th Battalion of the Seine, which bears on the box: "LN/SEINE/24". Contrary to the regulations, this eagle is gilded. These eagles were issued on August 15, 1852. Primarily intended for maintaining order, the National Guard is composed almost entirely of infantry. Each battalion had a second lieutenant flag bearer. In July 1852, Marion was ordered to produce the flags for the National Guard, namely: 52 flags for the Seine battalions and 2 standards (Paris cavalry legion and suburban squadron), 54 flags and one standard for the provincial battalions, a number subsequently increased. For the National Guard, the flag was that of the 1852 line model, with in each corner and on both sides a golden laurel wreath surrounding the letters "LN". Mid-fine silver fringe. For the making of these flags, the minister sent Marion 250 new flags dating from 1848 with one usable blank side, the other side bearing RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ. Marion also used the poles and fringes which he had to silver because they were gilded. The inscriptions on these flags follow the following instructions: a) Cities in which only one battalion is organized. Obverse: NATIONAL GUARD OF (name of the city). Reverse: DEPARTMENT OF b) Cities in which more than one battalion is organized. Obverse: CITY OF BATTALION N°. Reverse: NATIONAL GUARD OF (name of the department) c) Special weapons. Obverse: CITY OF BATTALION OF FIREFIGHTERS or CANNONNIERS. Reverse: NATIONAL GUARD OF (name of the department) d) The above regulations are not followed for the department of the Seine. The emblems were handed over on August 15, 1852. Obverse: NATIONAL GUARDS/OF THE/SEINE. Reverse: battalion number. Model of the standards: Obverse: LOUIS-NAPOLEON/TO THE/CAVALRY LEGION/OF/PARIS. Reverse: GUARDS OF THE SEINE. Note that the 1st suburban battalion following the 22nd Paris battalion took the number 23 and so on. The production of these flags began in July 1852 and continued until the end of 1853.