File:M. Lefebre, sergeant in the 2nd Regiment of Engineers in 1815.jpg

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English: M. Lefebre, a sergeant of the 2nd Regiment of Engineers in 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).
Date believed to be May 5, 1858
Source the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection <http://library.brown.edu/collections/askb/veterans.php> (retrieved November 22, 2012)
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