Photo by DLBarker, 2025
| Designation: | 9-pdr French Gun |
| Model: | 9-pdr French Gun, smooth bore |
| Identification No: | 2165 |
| Name: | l'Effronte |
| Designed by: | Douai Royal Foundry |
| Built at: | Douai Royal Foundry |
| Douai, Nord, France | |
| Year : | 1741 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | 4.25in Muzzle loading rifle, bronze |
| Year: | 1901 |
| Document instructions: | base ring: "Berenger Donincourt Fecit Duaci, 25 Martil 1741"; reinforce: "Pluribus Nec Impar", coat of arms; Chase: "L'Effronte Ultima Ratio Regum Louis Charles de Bourbon Comte D'Eu Duc D'Aumale", coart of arms; left trunnion: "VIII 3"; right trunnion "2165" |
| Provider: | Secretary of War |
| Use: | Spanish American War Memorial |
| On loan to: | Loan to State of Illinois, issued to Commander GAR Post 45 |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Fiscal year 1901, appx 2, pg 81 |
| Comments: | trophy from Santiago Cuba, 1898. |
| Known problems with data: |
| Ord Dept Doc reports as Spanish Rifle |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | Shields Post no 45 GAR, Galesburg, IL | |
| Access: | Free Indoor | |
| Location: | Knox County Courthouse | |
| 200 S Cherry St | ||
| Galesburg, Illinois, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 40.944858-90.370722 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| artilleryhistory.wordpress.com/2014/08/04/a-french-cannon-in-western-illinois-part-i/ |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2025-09-29