M. Delignon, a Quartermaster Sergeant for the Mounted Chasseurs of the Guard from 1809 to 1815, was one of the last surviving veterans of Napoleon's army.
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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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)