Rare "Porte-étendard" patent, on parchment, "given on 22 July ... Sieur Viard has the office of standard-bearer in the regiments of the master-of-camp general-cavalry ... Under the authority of the King, Monsieur le Marquis de Bethune, colonel general of cavalry and ours ... Order all brigadiers and other commanders of cavalry to recognize Sieur S. Viard in the said capacity ... September 13, 1790. Signed Castries. 30.5 x 22 cm. Framed under glass. B.E.