Prompted by popular demande (i.e. Raimey), here is the data on C. Mode.
Born July 26 1870 at 4PM from Pierre Mode, cartwright and Adele Faure, laundress at 1, rue du marche 15eme, Paris.
Married to Adrienne Lelievre on 3/1/1910 in Chaville.
Living 91, rue de Richelieu, 2eme, Paris
Written in 1923:
Worked from 1894 to 1910 for the SFM, an ammunition company.
Was head of sales for Lefaucheux/Rieger from 1910 on.
Owner of Lefaucheux from 1914. Owner of Pirlet & Cie.
Was drafted in 1890 for 3 years as a non-commissioned officer in the infantry, drafted back from 1915 to 1918. Was used as a worker at SFM his former employer. The shop was closed from 1914 to the end of the war.
Received prizes in many exhibition from Turin 1911 to Rio de Janeiro 1922.
Assigned patents: 455.208 dated 5/13, 496.279 3/18, 499.505 3/18.
No crime committed.
Ordained knight of the L of H on 4/20/1923.
There is no data on his demise.
Interesting
letter here.
Note that he was able to reach a very respectable social position while coming from a very modest background. He bought Lefaucheux shortly after Rieger's death in 1913.
The Legion of Honor files are bringing out amazing data never ferreted out before!
Hope this helps...
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