PATENTS OF THE TWO SWORDS. 8 P.S., 1772-1792 oblong vellum in-fol. (the 1st in-4) partly printed with vignette and engraved decorative frame. Patents granting the recipient "the right to wear throughout his life, on the left side of his habit, at the height of the third buttonhole, the Medallion of the Two Swords in saltire", represented in an engraved medallion... They are signed by L.F. de Monteynard (1772), the Prince de Montbarey (1776), the Marshal de Ségur (3, 1781-1785), L. du Portail (1791): the last two (1792), on the letterhead La Nation la Loi et le Roi, are signed "Louis" (secretary) with the signature of the Minister of War. Attached are 10 documents concerning French and foreign military decorations and orders awarded to General Paul de Dartein, 1865-1909. Plus a blank brevet de nomination (Restoration) and a congé de libération (1862).