Germany, Imperial. A Congratulatory Document To Bismarck’s 82Nd Birthday From The City Of Liegnitz, 1897 Newly Listed for about 1 yr

for about 1 yr

the Germans ran their main line of resistance down the center of towns located in the defensive wall

1945 for successfully defending the Courland position for three months

Surface wear evident on the large stickpin

Annie Louisa Townsend (nee Baldwin)

Germany, Imperial. A Congratulatory Document To Bismarck’s 82Nd Birthday From The City Of Liegnitz, 1897 Newly Listed for about 1 yrThe 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