FRENCH MARSHALS: A good selection of twelve signed documents, A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., Cartes de visite, gretting cards ...

FRENCH MARSHALS: A good selection of twelve signed documents, A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., Cartes de visite, gretting cards, etc… by various French Marshals of the XIXº and XXº century, including Alphonse Juin (1888-1967) Gravely wounded in 1915 during World War one, as a result of which he lost the use of his right arm. Captured during WWII during the Battle of France, Juin was a prisoner of war. Signed greeting card dated 1949, with a three holograph lines; Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud (1798-1854) A.L.S., two pages, 4to, Paris, 24th July 1840, stating in part `..troubles have thrown into French territory many Spanish refugees… I have had many Spanish serving under my orders, I know their language, and all the opportunities I had in Africa helped me to learn the ways to obtain the best from a Spanish soldier..´ further referring to the creation of a Legion Etrangere; Joseph Gallieni (1849-1916) remembered as the infamous French military leader who exiled Queen Ranavalona III of Madagascar and abolished the 350-year-old monarchy. Carte de visite with seven lines in his hand. Dated 1898; Joseph Joffre (1852-1931) T.L.S., two pages, folio, dated 1904; Michel Regnaud St-Jean d'Angély, A.L.S., one page, 8vo, 9th January 1853; Jacques Louis Randon, A.L.S., three pages, 8vo, 18th July 1859, on the war Ministry printed stationery; Hubert Lyautey, A.L.S., two pages, 8vo, 25th May 1911, on his General office printed stationery; Bernard Pierre Magnan, A.L.S., one page, 8vo, Paris, 5th April 1857; Louis Franchet d'Esperey, A.L.S., two pages, 8vo, 1927; Marie Emile Fayolle, A.L.S., 1923; François de Canrobert, Carte de visite with 3 holograph lines; Jean-Baptiste Vaillant, Carte de visite with few holograph lines. G to VG, 12