Parchment Manuscript. LOUIS XV. Appointment Second... Lot 4

Parchment Manuscript. LOUIS XV. Appointment Second Company Captain for the 'Sieur de Tapffel'. ‘Trichard Le Cadet’. Handwritten document with the King's signature. LOUIS XV. Appointment Second Company Captain for the 'Sieur de Tapffel'.'Trichard Le Cadet'. Handwritten document with the King's signature. Versailles, June 28, 1748 Parchment manuscript. 300x490 mm. Text on front, clear bureaucratic style writing, brown ink. King 'Louis' signature at the end. Countersignature by Marc-Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson. Traces of wear and tear with no damage to text. Le 'Sieur de Tapffel' is appointed by the King as Second Captain of the Trichard Le Cadet Company, of the 'de La Marck' Infantry Regiment. The La Mark or La Marck regiment is a German infantry regiment of the Kingdom of France created in 1680 with the name of the Konigsmark regiment, renamed 'La Mark' in 1693. The document on parchment bears the signature of Marc-Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy, comte d'Argenson, 'Secrétaire d'État de la Guerre' from January 1743 to February 1757.