Set of 7 Antique French Military Themed Transferware Plates

$210.00

Each plate is numbered directly beneath the "Mots Historiques" header at the top and depicts a specific historical quote:

No. 2: "Je rendrai Vincennes quand on m'aura rendu ma jambe." — General Daumesnil refusing to surrender the Château de Vincennes to Allied forces in March 1814 (having lost his leg at the Battle of Wagram).
No. 3: "À moi, Auvergne ! Voilà les ennemis." — The Chevalier d'Assas calling out to warn his regiment during a surprise night attack at the Battle of Kloster Kamp (Wesel) on October 15, 1760.
No. 4: "Le boulet qui me tuera n'est pas encore fondu." — Napoleon Bonaparte reassuring his nervous artillerymen as a cannonball explodes nearby at the Battle of Montereau on February 18, 1814.
No. 6: "Messieurs les Anglais, tirez les premiers !" — Count d'Auteroche famously inviting the British guards to fire the opening volley at the Battle of Fontenoy on May 11, 1745.
No. 9: "Soldats, si vous perdez vos guidons, ralliez-vous à mon panache blanc..." — King Henry IV rallying his troops around his white-plumed helmet at the Battle of Ivry on March 14, 1590.
No. 11: "Quand même vous seriez le p'tit caporal, on n'passe pas." — A young sentry (pupille of the Guard) refusing to let Napoleon pass without the proper password in 1811.
No. 12: "La Garde meurt et ne se rend pas !" — General Cambronne's defiant stand with the Imperial Guard at the Battle of Waterloo on June 15, 1815.