A small leather wallet with three compartments containing various documents—mementos...
A small leather wallet with three compartments containing various documents—mementos of ocean-going captain Jean Guillaume Eugène Ropers, born in Locquénolé (Finistère)—including: his master mariner’s certificate on parchment, issued by the Ministry of the Navy and Colonies, dated April 6, 1852, and signed by the minister.
It is accompanied by 13 letters of service from 1852 to 1864; he sailed on the ship Jules César, owned by the Nicolas Cezard refinery in Nantes, including one sent to him in Saint Helena, one in Cardiff, one in Singapore... and others in various French ports; 11 x 18 cm.
Second Empire period. Good condition.
A small leather wallet with three compartments containing various documents—mementos of ocean-going captain Jean Guillaume Eugène Ropers, born in Locquénolé (Finistère)—including: his master mariner’s certificate on parchment, issued by the Ministry of the Navy and Colonies, dated April 6, 1852, and signed by the minister.
It is accompanied by 13 letters of service from 1852 to 1864; he sailed on the ship Jules César, owned by the Nicolas Cezard refinery in Nantes, including one sent to him in Saint Helena, one in Cardiff, one in Singapore... and others in various French ports; 11 x 18 cm.
Second Empire period. Good condition.
