** GRENOBLE - P.O.W.'s LETTER TO PARIS ASKING TO BE TREATED ...

Estimate

£110 - £150

** GRENOBLE - P.O.W.'s LETTER TO PARIS ASKING TO BE TREATED AS A NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER; Very fine 24 Nov. 1812 EL (in English; sealed with wafer) from "Geo[rg]e. Wilson" a "Non-commissioned Officer (Prisoner of War)" in "Grenoble" to the "Duke de Feltre, Minister of War in Paris" with mainly fine "37/GRENOBLE" on the front (no postal rate - delivered free). Wilson acknowledges the receipt of 100 francs, but advises the Minister that he has not been correctly classified and is still being "treated as an [ordinary] prisoner".Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL