$20.00
This is an award document for the Hindenburg Cross with Swords for Combatants. We have several of them. They are $20.00 each, or we will offer you a discount on multiple examples. The names of the awardees are as follows. You can order by name and date:
*Reich – 15 March 1935.
*Eicklos – 30 April 1935.
*Niermann – 20 December 1935. *SOLD*
*Koslowski – 8 February 1935.
*Ritter – 30 March 1935.
This is an award document for the Hindenburg Cross with Swords for Combatants. We have several of them. They are $20.00 each, or we will offer you a discount on multiple examples. The names of the awardees are as follows. You can order by name and date:
*Reich – 15 March 1935.
*Eicklos – 30 April 1935.
*Niermann – 20 December 1935. *SOLD*
*Koslowski – 8 February 1935.
*Ritter – 30 March 1935.
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This is an award document for the Hindenburg Cross with Swords for Combatants. We have several of them. They are $20.00 each, or we will offer you a discount on multiple examples. The names of the awardees are as follows. You can order by name and date:
*Reich – 15 March 1935.
*Eicklos – 30 April 1935.
*Niermann – 20 December 1935. *SOLD*
*Koslowski – 8 February 1935.
*Ritter – 30 March 1935.
$295.00
What makes this a special document is that it falls during the time of the Franco-Prussian War. The war began on 19 July 1870 and ended on 10 May 1871. While not as short as the 1866 Austro-Prussian War, it was every bit as decisive, since the French Army was no match for the German Army. [This did not relate to the French soldiers’ efforts on the front lines, but instead to those of the French government and Army. French soldiers were poorly trained and poorly equipped. Also, the French general staff and its generals in the field had no real concept of modern tactics. Thus, French soldiers were poorly led and equipped to face an army which was the world’s best at the time. This patent promotes a Hauptmann to major in the Engineer (Ingenieur) Corps. Our man’s last name is Richter. The document was signed by Prussia’s König Wilhelm I. Wilhelm I became Kaiser on 18 January 1871 in an elaborate coronation at Versailles. Interestingly, this patent was signed by Wilhelm on 22 December 1870 at his Versailles’ Headquarters. Versailles played a continuing role in Franco-German history during the 20th Century’s first half. It was where the German surrender took place during November 1918 in a railway car. In 1940 Adolf Hitler sat in the same railway car to accept the French surrender. The document measures 14 1/8″ x 8 3/4″ when folded, and 14 1/8″ x 17 1/4″ when unfolded.
What makes this a special document is that it falls during the time of the Franco-Prussian War. The war began on 19 July 1870 and ended on 10 May 1871. While not as short as the 1866 Austro-Prussian War, it was every bit as decisive, since the French Army was no match for the German Army. [This did not relate to the French soldiers’ efforts on the front lines, but instead to those of the French government and Army. French soldiers were poorly trained and poorly equipped. Also, the French general staff and its generals in the field had no real concept of modern tactics. Thus, French soldiers were poorly led and equipped to face an army which was the world’s best at the time. This patent promotes a Hauptmann to major in the Engineer (Ingenieur) Corps. Our man’s last name is Richter. The document was signed by Prussia’s König Wilhelm I. Wilhelm I became Kaiser on 18 January 1871 in an elaborate coronation at Versailles. Interestingly, this patent was signed by Wilhelm on 22 December 1870 at his Versailles’ Headquarters. Versailles played a continuing role in Franco-German history during the 20th Century’s first half. It was where the German surrender took place during November 1918 in a railway car. In 1940 Adolf Hitler sat in the same railway car to accept the French surrender. The document measures 14 1/8″ x 8 3/4″ when folded, and 14 1/8″ x 17 1/4″ when unfolded.
$150.00
This is a promotion patent for Ferdinand Muskewitz, elevating him to the status of Second Lieutenant serving in Landwehr-Regiment Nr 25. The document measures 8 ¾” x 15″ unopened, and 15″ x 17 ¾” when fully opened. It reveals four panels of paper when opened, although just two of the four panels are actually used.
What makes the document so interesting is that it was prepared for Prinz Wilhelm I, who was acting as Prinz Regent for his older brother, König Friedrich Wilhelm IV. Friedrich Wilhelm IV had suffered a stroke and was incapacitated until his death in 1861 when Wilhelm I assumed the throne. The document was not signed by Wilhelm I due to the officer’s lower rank. Promotion patents were generally not signed until a man achieved the rank of Hauptmann.
The document was prepared on 20 September 1859 in Baden-Baden. The ink of the document is clear and easily readable. Some foxing shows to the edges on the top and bottom of the document.
This is a promotion patent for Ferdinand Muskewitz, elevating him to the status of Second Lieutenant serving in Landwehr-Regiment Nr 25. The document measures 8 ¾” x 15″ unopened, and 15″ x 17 ¾” when fully opened. It reveals four panels of paper when opened, although just two of the four panels are actually used.
What makes the document so interesting is that it was prepared for Prinz Wilhelm I, who was acting as Prinz Regent for his older brother, König Friedrich Wilhelm IV. Friedrich Wilhelm IV had suffered a stroke and was incapacitated until his death in 1861 when Wilhelm I assumed the throne. The document was not signed by Wilhelm I due to the officer’s lower rank. Promotion patents were generally not signed until a man achieved the rank of Hauptmann.
The document was prepared on 20 September 1859 in Baden-Baden. The ink of the document is clear and easily readable. Some foxing shows to the edges on the top and bottom of the document.
$75.00
This is the award document for the Silver Service Medal of the Karl Friedrich Service Medal from the Grand Duchy of Baden. It was Baden’s Iron Cross 2nd Class equivalent. The document measures 6 1/2″ x 8 1/4.” It has been folded previously. It is a smaller version of the document that was issued earlier in the war. It is also signed by Ordenskanzler von Babo. The recipient was Josef Spitznagel, who was assigned to 5. Batterie Landwehr-Fußartillerie-Bataillon Nr 14. The award was made on 13 September 1918, barely two months before the War’s end in November 1918.
This is the award document for the Silver Service Medal of the Karl Friedrich Service Medal from the Grand Duchy of Baden. It was Baden’s Iron Cross 2nd Class equivalent. The document measures 6 1/2″ x 8 1/4.” It has been folded previously. It is a smaller version of the document that was issued earlier in the war. It is also signed by Ordenskanzler von Babo. The recipient was Josef Spitznagel, who was assigned to 5. Batterie Landwehr-Fußartillerie-Bataillon Nr 14. The award was made on 13 September 1918, barely two months before the War’s end in November 1918.
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