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Les militaires chrétiens a la guerre d’orient. Récompenses annuelles.

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First and only edition, rare, of this unusual cartonnage giftbook history of the Crimean War.

The text consists to a large extent of letters and accounts from the war, and the detailed accounts of battles and battlefield conditions intended to demonstrate the piety of soldiers and officers and particularly examples of the faith of wounded or dying militaires chrétiens.

No copies traced outside France.

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