HISTORY - VICTOR Claude-Victor Perrin (1764 - 1841) - Document signed

At 17, he was a drummer in an artillery regiment. In 1791, he left the army to become a grocer. A year later, he returned to the army and quickly rose through the ranks. Napoleon appointed him General, then Marshal of the Empire. He served under Louis XVIII, then Louis-Philippe.
Document signed dated Merida, 08.04.1809. List of candidates for the Legion of Honor of the officers he commands in Spain.