Retired
17262-C
Consignment
This is a Consignment sale piece we are offering. It comes in its original box and is in like new condition.
W. Britain, Matte Finish #17262 Marshal Michel Ney
At the beginning of the 1812 Russian Campaign, Marshal
Ney was given command of the III Corps. He fought at Krasnoya, Smolensk and
before Moscow in the great battle of Borodino. Perhaps Ney's greatest
achievement was during the disastrous retreat from Russia where, against all
odds and the extremes of winter weather, he managed to bring up the rear guard
and be the last man to leave Russian soil. This moved Napoleon to confer upon
Ney a title that had never been given before: Le Brave des Braves - "The
Bravest of the Brave." In the German Campaign of 1813, Ney continued to
lead at Lutzen, Bautzen and the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig where he was
wounded and unhorsed twice. The following spring when Napoleon was completely
surrounded, Ney became a spokesman for the marshalate in demanding the
Emperor's abdication.