KNIGHT'S DECREE OF THE LEGION OF HONOR TO CAPTAIN LÉON NAPOLÉON LOUIS MICHEL NEY DE LA MOSKOWA (1870-1928) OFFICER AT THE 22nd DRAGOON REGIMENT, World War I. 3198

KNIGHTHOOD OF THE LEGION OF HONOR DIPLOMA OF CAPTAIN LEON NAPOLEON LOUIS MICHEL NEY DE LA MOSKOWA (1870-1928) OFFICER IN THE 22nd DRAGOONS REGIMENT, World War I. 3198

Diploma awarded to Leon Napoleon Michel Ney, captain in the 22nd Dragoons. Awarded in 1917 and ratified in 1922.
Size 44x55 cm
With its personalized presentation case, cylindrical made of sturdy cardboard.

France.
World War I.
Good condition. Some folds and a tear.

PROVENANCE:
Sale of Marshal Ney's memorabilia, Wednesday, June 20, 2012, Maîtres Binoche and Giquello, Paris Drouot room 2, lot no. 139, page 141 of the catalog.
By inheritance and descent, the heirs of Laetitia Germaine Marie Agnès Ney d'Elchingen (1940-2005), only daughter of Michel Georges Napoleon Ney d'Elchingen.
Leon Napoleon Michel Ney (1870-1928), eldest son of the third Duke of Elchingen, fourth Prince of the Moskowa (1884), without offspring. (1905-1969), sixth Prince of the Moskowa (1933).

BIOGRAPHY:
Born in Paris on January 11, 1870, Leon Napoleon was the eldest son of Michel Aloÿs Ney, third Duke of Elchingen, and Paule Heine-Furtado. Volunteered at the 5th Dragoons Regiment in 1888, he transferred to the reserve of the active army in 1893. Reserve Second Lieutenant at the 5th Hussars, in 1893 then Lieutenant in 1899. Reserve Captain in the 22nd Dragoons Regiment, in 1914. He married Eugénie Laetitia Princess Bonaparte (1872-1949) in Rome on November 23, 1898, and divorced her on December 31, 1903, without any offspring. Napoleon Ney passed away in Paris on October 21, 1928. Decorations: Knight of the Legion of Honor on July 12, 1917; Croix de guerre.

NOTE:
Mentioned in the Army Order of October 27, 1914: "In the night combat at the Steenstraat bridge, 24-25 October, he stopped the beginning of a neighboring troops' panic, caused by shelling, with his calm and firmness, and managed to bring back most of the fugitives to the trenches."