MILITARY AMBULANCE DIPLOMA OF EDMOND PATRIAU DURING THE SIEGE OF PARIS, Franco-German War. 26230-1

MILITARY AMBULANCE DIPLOMA OF EDMOND PATRIAU DURING THE SIEGE OF PARIS, Franco-German War. 26230-1

Handwritten diploma, H at sight 37 cm, width 23 cm. Presented under glass in a pitchpine frame, H 42 cm, width 28 cm.
In the title, at the top of the document, a medallion containing the photo of the recipient decorated with a ribbon for the reduction of the military medal.
“Military ambulance siege of Paris supported in 1870-1871 against the Prussian armies.
The Founder-Director of the Breton Ambulance, Sedentary Flying and Volunteer on the Battlefields offers to Mr Patriau Edmond, in Bordeaux, Ex-Gendarme in the Army of the Loire the Breton Cross, insignia of the work as well as the present Diploma, in memory of the kind assistance and devoted services he rendered as Benefactor of the Work during the war.
Paris January XXVIII MDCCCLXXII.
S.: Brother Hervé du Lorin Benneteau. Founder-Director of Ambulance Bretonne.
Neuilly on September 14, 1886. 13 rue Garnier.
Received from Mr. Hervé du Lorin the Breton Ambulance Cross to be given to Mr. Patriau Edmond.
The 1st Vice-President of the Gironde Rescuers.
(signature)
The holder. Edmond Patriau Retired.
Decorated with the Military Medal.

On the left side of the diploma, presented vertically, a photo of the Founder-Director Hervé du Lorin. Benneteau, a tricolor ribbon and a Red Cross badge.

France.
Franco-German War.
Good condition, with sunstroke.