$175.00
This is a combination of an award document and 1914 2nd Class. It was awarded to an Enlisted Man who served in Bavarian Jäger-Regiment Nr 1, Bataillone Nr 2.
BAVARIA – AWARD DOCUMENT AND 1914 IRON CROSS – 2nd CLASS
This is a combination of an award document and 1914 2nd Class. It was awarded to an Enlisted Man who served in Bavarian Jäger-Regiment Nr 1, Bataillone Nr 2.
This document was issued on 15 June 1918. It has the unit stamp and the signature of the Oberst and commanding officer of Jäger-Regiment Nr 1.
Also included is a 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class with ribbon.
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BAVARIA – AWARD DOCUMENT AND 1914 IRON CROSS – 2nd CLASS
This is a combination of an award document and 1914 2nd Class. It was awarded to an Enlisted Man who served in Bavarian Jäger-Regiment Nr 1, Bataillone Nr 2.
This document was issued on 15 June 1918. It has the unit stamp and the signature of the Oberst and commanding officer of Jäger-Regiment Nr 1.
Also included is a 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class with ribbon.
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$650.00
This is a mini group to an officer who received the 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. His name was Hauptmann d. L. II Karl Pletscher. As indicated on the document, Pletscher was a member of Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr 30. At the time of the award he was forty-four years-old and hardly a youngster. The award document measures 6 1/4″ x 8.” It features the award date (1. April 1918) and the regimental commander’s signature (he was a major). [This illustrates the officers’ attrition rate by the late war, having a major command a regiment instead of an oberst]. A privately-purchased EK 1 accompanies the document. The Iron Cross is a “KO-manufactured,” flat (non vaulted) model, which was the primary, issued 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. We can see the KO hallmark under the reverse’s catch. A large-format photograph depicts Pletscher when he was a younger officer, probably as a leutnant around the turn of the 20th Century. A 10 September 1918 clipping from Berlin’s Allgemeiner Anzeiger zum Militär Wochenblatt (General Gazette Weekly Newspaper for the Military) accompanies the mini group. It features several soldiers’ obituaries, including Pletscher’s. His mentions that he died on the battlefield on 10 August 1918, exactly a month before the obituary notice. This is an interesting, and ultimately, touching, group of items.
This is a mini group to an officer who received the 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. His name was Hauptmann d. L. II Karl Pletscher. As indicated on the document, Pletscher was a member of Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr 30. At the time of the award he was forty-four years-old and hardly a youngster. The award document measures 6 1/4″ x 8.” It features the award date (1. April 1918) and the regimental commander’s signature (he was a major). [This illustrates the officers’ attrition rate by the late war, having a major command a regiment instead of an oberst]. A privately-purchased EK 1 accompanies the document. The Iron Cross is a “KO-manufactured,” flat (non vaulted) model, which was the primary, issued 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. We can see the KO hallmark under the reverse’s catch. A large-format photograph depicts Pletscher when he was a younger officer, probably as a leutnant around the turn of the 20th Century. A 10 September 1918 clipping from Berlin’s Allgemeiner Anzeiger zum Militär Wochenblatt (General Gazette Weekly Newspaper for the Military) accompanies the mini group. It features several soldiers’ obituaries, including Pletscher’s. His mentions that he died on the battlefield on 10 August 1918, exactly a month before the obituary notice. This is an interesting, and ultimately, touching, group of items.
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$225.00
This is the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin’s Military Service Cross 2nd Class, with its award document (urkunde). The document measures 8″ x 12.” The award was made to a man named Kruse. He was a member of the XXVI. Armeekorps. The award date was 28 April 1916. At the document’s bottom is the Grand Duchy’s Coat-of-Arms, as well as a reproduction of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV’s signature. The decoration is in very fine condition with a short length of original ribbon.
This is the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin’s Military Service Cross 2nd Class, with its award document (urkunde). The document measures 8″ x 12.” The award was made to a man named Kruse. He was a member of the XXVI. Armeekorps. The award date was 28 April 1916. At the document’s bottom is the Grand Duchy’s Coat-of-Arms, as well as a reproduction of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV’s signature. The decoration is in very fine condition with a short length of original ribbon.
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$195.00
This is a set of two promotion or “patents” to one man in the Prussian Army. The first shows the promotion of a man from vizefeldwebel to leutnant der reserve. It is always interesting to see a man who has come up through the ranks and this was not terribly common twelve years before the beginning of WW I. His name was Wilhelm Fehler. This document was prepared 16 December 1902. There is a second document prepared on 27 January 1912 promoting Fehler from leutnant der reserve to oberleutnant der reserve. Both of these documents are quite ornate. They both measure 14 ¼” x 8 ½ .” The document has four sides, and opens up like a book. Each of the documents has holes punched into its side. Obviously, they were a part of a military record Fehler kept on himself, which was quite common among officers.
This is a set of two promotion or “patents” to one man in the Prussian Army. The first shows the promotion of a man from vizefeldwebel to leutnant der reserve. It is always interesting to see a man who has come up through the ranks and this was not terribly common twelve years before the beginning of WW I. His name was Wilhelm Fehler. This document was prepared 16 December 1902. There is a second document prepared on 27 January 1912 promoting Fehler from leutnant der reserve to oberleutnant der reserve. Both of these documents are quite ornate. They both measure 14 ¼” x 8 ½ .” The document has four sides, and opens up like a book. Each of the documents has holes punched into its side. Obviously, they were a part of a military record Fehler kept on himself, which was quite common among officers.