gdfalksen:

An orderly officer in service to Napoleon.
In a military context, an “orderly” (ordonnance in French) was a soldier assigned to an officer as a personal servant.  This orderly had the great distinction of being in service to the Emperor of France.
Artist: Hippolyte Bellangé

gdfalksen:

An orderly officer in service to Napoleon.

In a military context, an “orderly” (ordonnance in French) was a soldier assigned to an officer as a personal servant.  This orderly had the great distinction of being in service to the Emperor of France.

Artist: Hippolyte Bellangé