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Pierre Brassine
Medalist of St. Helena
03/27/1786 - 02/24/1865
(We thank Baudouin de Launois for this information.)
Pierre BRASSINE is mentioned in parish registers of St. Clements in Watermael (*) to be born and baptized March 27, 1786.
Conscription for service in the armies of the Republic was promulgated by Act 19 Fructidor IV (September 5, 1796) and its application to the Belgian departments was made mandatory from the year VIII (1800). Because of his age, Pierre Brassine was part of the lifting of 1806.
He signed a voluntary commitment of eight years and entered the service of France, October 22, 1806, the 112th Infantry Regiment of Line (former 112th half-brigade).
Brassine took part in many campaigns (Italy, Austria, Germany) until the dissolution of the 112e.demi Brigade, May 12, 1814, where he resumed service in the Holland-Belgian Brigade which was part of the French armies reconstituted after the return from Elba.
We find Peter Brassine in Waterloo where, after the battle at the start of the emperor, he could collect an eagle bronze ornament fell from the sedan Napoleon (Photo Below) (**).
He was finally dismissed from the service of France December 31, 1815. He said however the service in the army of the Netherlands (1816-1830) and then in the Belgian army (1830 - 1845) until September 18, 1845, when he was admitted to the pension with the rank Adjutant of space.
By decree of November 12, 1853, Pierre Brassine is admitted into the ranks of the Legion of Honor with the rank of knight and allocation of pension legatee of the Emperor.
On August 12, 1857, Emperor Napoleon III awarded him the medal of St. Helena. (kept in the family collection)
Pierre Brassine dies at Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (another common Brussels) February 24, 1865.
(*) Today, Watermael-Boitsfort is one of 19 municipalities making up Greater Brussels. At the birth of Pierre Brassine, the town was part of the department of the Dyle.
(**) This object is always part of family collections (photo below) - See this article about Theo Fleischmann: "The sedan Napoleon" in History of the Caillou farm, the headquarters of Napoleon, Publishing Belgian society of Napoleonic Studies, Brussels, 1965, pp. 74 to 76
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(We thank Baudouin de Launois for this information.)
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