Letter patent in the name of Nicolas Heurteloup, chief surgeon of the Grande Armée and inspector general of the medical service, made a baron of the Empire. On vellum, with a coat of arms painted in natural colors in the upper left corner. Issued in Paris on December 16, 1810. Signed by Cambacérès and Emperor Napoleon I “Napole.” Presented with its red wax seal under glass in a palmette-framed mount. Frame dimensions: 81 x 98 cm Dimensions: 43 x 59 cm Baron Heurteloup’s coat of arms is as follows: Quartered: First, vert, a right gauntlet of argent emerging from the upper right corner of the chief, striking a ravening wolf, its body contoured in or, with a silver tooth; in the second quarter, sable, three golden clubs stacked one above the other in a fess, each flanked by a serpent of the same color, the middle one contoured; in the third quarter, gules, a crenellated tower of four silver pieces; in the fourth quarter, Or, a Moor’s head Sable, twisted, flanked and illuminated by Silver, with an earring of the same; in the franc-quartier, the barons chosen from among the medical officers attached to our armies, broaching the ninth part of the shield. Liveries: the colors of the shield, green in the borders only.” Biography: Nicolas HEURTELOUP (1750–1812) He subsequently enlisted in the army, where he pursued a career throughout the Ancien Régime, the Revolution, the Consulate, and the Empire. He attained the rank of chief medical officer in 1790 and chief surgeon of the armed forces in 1795. In 1804, he became inspector general of the medical service and, in 1808, chief surgeon of the Grande Armée, succeeding Percy.