VAR. MARINE COLONIES. ÉCOLE CENTRALE DE PYROTECHNIE DE TOULO - Lot 566

VAR. MARINE COLONIES. ÉCOLE CENTRALE DE PYROTECHNIE DE TOULON]. Military papers of Jean Baptiste François Marie BUNEL 1st Master Gunner, native of QUENTIN (Côtes-d'Armor) including: (Brevet de Capacité de l'École Centrale de Pyrotechnie de la Marine - TOULON, December 31, 1875 - vellum in folio oblong - Certificates of good conduct as Chief Gunner in the Imperial Navy on the Vaisseau "LE MONTEBELLO" (1865); the Vaisseau École "LOUIS XIV" (1867) P.S. Amiral BONIE; the "CONSTANTINE" (1870), in folio format partly printed (qq. defects) - NICHAM de TUNIS Decoration Patent (in Arabic) Decorative - Military Medal - PARIS August 13, 1877 - 1p in folio - P.S. GICQUEL DES TOUCHES Vice-Admiral Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies - Concours d'honneur des Équipages de la Flotte - 2° Prix de Tir de révolver - TOULON August 21, 1877 - 1p in folio partly printed - Concours d'honneur des Équipages de la Flotte. 3° Prix de Tir de canon. TOULON July 22, 1880. 1p in folio partly printed - Letter of congratulations from Colonel ORCEL, Director of Artillery at TOULON, for his brilliant and cool action "...entered without hesitation (a store full of fireworks, some of which were already exploding) and succeeded in extinguishing the fire...". - Colonial Medal for his participation in the TUNISIA Expedition in 1881. TOULON, February 14, 1899. 1p in folio, partly printed. Légion d'honneur. Notice of appointment to the rank of Chevalier. Paris, July 11, 1900. 1p in folio, partly printed - 24 documents and personal archive items (birth, marriage and death certificates, sale of property, etc.) are attached.