Prussia, Kingdom. A Captain’s Widow’s Pension Provisions Letter Signed By King Wilhelm I, 1870 Archive stamped with a silver content

stamped with a silver content number of “800” and a crown and crescent moon indicating German manufacture

the exterior featuring a square oak leaf wreath overlaid by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika (possibly executed in Kriegsmarine style)

obverse illustrating six scenes

He was a resident of Poplar Grove when he signed his Attestation Paper (276193) with the 217th Infantry Battalion "Qu'Appelle Battalion"

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Prussia, Kingdom. A Captain’s Widow’s Pension Provisions Letter Signed By King Wilhelm I, 1870 Archive stamped with a silver contentThe letter is signed in blue ink by Wilhelm I, King of Prussia, and addressed to the Minister of Finances. Wilhelm states that the widow of Hauptmann (captain) and Rathmann (privy councillor) Nickau in Grlitz (Saxony) is to receive a one time gift of 30 Thaler, and that her annual widows pension is to be increased from 50 to 90 Thaler. The letter is dated to Head Quarters at Versailles on October 12, 1870. Measuring 222 mm (w) x 261 mm (h), presenting