He asks for permission to wear the Order of St. Maurice, granted to him by the King of Sardinia.
An Ein hoches kais.[1] könig.[2] niederösterreichisches General–Commando.
Da seine Majestät der König von Sardinien[a] mir den S[3] Maurice Orden[b] zu verleien[4] geruht hat,[c] so bitte ich ein hoches kais.1 könig.2 niederösterreichisches General Commando unterthänigst, mir die Erlaubniss selben Orden tragen zu dürfen, gnädigst auswirken zu wollen.
Wien, den 19. July 1814.
Graf Széchenyi Rittmeister
von Mervelt Uhlanen.[d]
[1] kaiserlich-
[2] königliches
[3] Saint
[4] Instead of verleihen.
[a] Victor Emmanuel I (1759–1824) King of Sardinia (1802–1821).
[b] The Order of Saint Maurice was founded in 1434 by Amadeus VIII, 1st Duke of Savoy.
[c] The original document of awarding the medal has not survived.
[d] The original petition is not available for research, it is the printed text published in the Akadémiai Értesítő that is under the manuscript call number. According to Gyula Viszota’s research, the petition was accompanied by an official notification from the high command, to which the petition was addressed. The notification was dated at the same time and stated that the Court War Council had agreed to the wearing of the insignia. Széchenyi received the Prussian military order of merit (Pour le merite) a few days before receiving the Sardinian order of merit. The text of the award certificate is given in Zichy 144.
Recommended reference:
István Széchenyi to the Imperial-Royal Military Command of Lower Austria, Vienna, 19 July 1814. Edited and annotated by Szilvia Czinege. Published in Correspondence of István Széchenyi. Digital edition. Edited by Szilvia Czinege and Zoltán Fónagy. https://szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu/ Abbreviation for further references: SzIL-Digit.