Prussia, Kingdom. A Captain’s Widow’s Pension Provisions Letter Signed By King Wilhelm I, 1870 GTRexclude dark patina on fleur de

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each constructed of silver with cut glass gems

Each side bears six embroidered cotton loops for the attachment of foliage to the helmet

adorned by copper gilt crown and elongated detailed suspension loop

Prussia, Kingdom. A Captain’s Widow’s Pension Provisions Letter Signed By King Wilhelm I, 1870 GTRexclude dark patina on fleur deThe 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