suggestion, which was not received, would have probably changed the fortunes of the First Italian War of Independence. At the end of the war Teodoro Lechi moved to Piedmont, where he was appointed General of the Army by King Carlo Alberto. For gratitude, the former Jacobin veteran delivered to the King of Sardinia the only remaining Napoleonic Eagle which survived the ritual of 1814. This eagle is now preserved inside the Museo del Risorgimento in Milan. In 1859 General Lechi returned to Milan, now an Italian city liberated from the Austrians, where he died, in 1866, at the age of 88. Teodoro Lechi was portrayed by Stendhal in "The Charterhouse of Parma" (1839) as "Count of Pietranera". Napoleon Bonaparte informally called Teodoro "mon beau général". Decorations Officer of the Légion d'honneur Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown Notes External links http://www.storiadimilano.it/Personaggi/Milanesi%20illustri/personaggi_avventurosi.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110722023419/http://www.alfamodel.it/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=99 Italian military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars People from Brescia 1778 births 1866 deaths Italian generals Italian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars