Germany, Imperial. A Congratulatory Document To Bismarck’s 82Nd Birthday From The City Of Liegnitz, 1897 Archive A Belgium Decoration for Workers

A Belgium Decoration for Workers and Artisans

II Class (Eulji)

Comes in original three-colour cardboard box of issue

1943 and signed in black ink by a Stabsarzt and Chief Medical Officer

including a 1914 Iron Cross Second Class bearing campaign clasps inscribed “Verdun”

Germany, Imperial. A Congratulatory Document To Bismarck’s 82Nd Birthday From The City Of Liegnitz, 1897 Archive A Belgium Decoration for WorkersThe heavy duty cardboard folder with document is dated to Liegnitz (present day Legnica, southwest Poland) on April 1, 1897. It was given to Otto von Bismarck on occasion of his 82nd birthday by the counsel of the city of Liegnitz. It includes 101 names of local businessmen and esteemed citizens as vicarious representatives The document is a poem written in the local Silesian German dialect. Measuring 350 mm (w) x 450 mm (h), presenting light scuffing