M. Loria, a member of the 24th Mounted Chasseur Regiment and a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, was one of the last surviving veterans of Napoleon's army.
<p>He is shown here in full dress uniform, wearing the Saint Helene medal (issued August 12 1857, to all veterans of the wars of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire).
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Note that he has one eye closed; this <i>may</i> indicate that he had only one eye.
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the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection &lt;<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://library.brown.edu/collections/askb/veterans.php">http://library.brown.edu/collections/askb/veterans.php</a>&gt; (retrieved November 22, 2012)