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ARMEE MARKS PRIOR TO THE INVASION - D'HANOVRE (1804), Bau. Gal. (1807), & D.ALLEMAGNE (No.22; Mar. 1812), ETC.; 21 Jan. 1804 (Infantry imprint inside; small reinforced flap tears) with mainly v. fine small red "No2/ARM.D'HANOVRE", [21 Jan. 1807] E (pencil date and note of origin) from Warsaw with fine red "Bau. Gal./GRANDE ARMEE", fine 27 Feb. 1812 EL ex Haarbourg with v. fine "P.128.P" 2-line advising that "I barely have time to tell you that the headquarters of the Grande Armée has just received the order to leave immediately for Rostock" [Roumet 2017 cert.], and 11 Mar. 1812 EL ex Magdebourg with fine black "No.22/ARM. D'ALLEMAGNE" inc. "The Army Corps which was already in Magdeburg left for Berlin and marched as a body...". Cross Reference: FRANCE, GERMAN STATES, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR
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