Description
Document signed, one page, 8,5 x 13,75 inch, Berlin, 26.01.1875, `Chef des General-Stabes der Armee` stationery, in German, to Mr. Jenke, Member of the Board of Directors of the Royal Saxon State Railways, in Dresden - asking whether he wishes to remain designated for service as an administrative officer in a military railway directorate in the event of mobilization between 1 April 1875 and 31 March 1876, signed by Helmuth K. B. Graf von Moltke in black ink "Gr. v. Moltke", with mild signs of handling wear - in fine to very fine condition.
In parts:
"[...] ob es Ihren Wünschen entspricht [...] für den Fall einer in der Zeit vom 1. April 1875 bis 31. Maerz 1876 eintretenden Mobilmachung als Verwaltungs-Beamter der Betriebs-Abtheilung der im Bedarfsfalle zu formirenden zweiten Militair-Eisenbahn-Direction designirt zu bleiben, um so Ihren bewährten Kräften auch ferner das militärische Feld-Eisenbahn-Wesen zu unterstützen [...]"
Translated:
"[...] whether it meets with your wishes [...] to remain designated - in the event of a mobilization occurring between April 1, 1875, and March 31, 1876 - as an administrative official in the operations department of the Second Military Railway Directorate (to be formed should the need arise), thereby allowing your proven expertise to continue supporting military field railway operations [...]"
Further Information on the person
Profession:
(1800-1891) German Field Marshal - chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years.
a translation of his travelogues into Italian
Year of Birth: 1800
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