Award document for silver merit medal Lippe-Detmold

[Solomon]

Hello gents,

I?ll show you a very nice document for the

silver merit medal Lippe-Detmold

It?s for the hoboist (=musician) Gustav W?he

(from the Inf. Reg. No. 55 = 6.Westfaelisches Inf.Reg. B?low von Dennewitz, the only regiment Lippe-Detmold had)

W?he awarded this medal on June, 20th in 1905.

The document was originally signed by F?rst Leopold IV. of Lippe-Detmold.

The award was spent 593 times.

I hope you enjoy it like me...

Greetings

Solomon

[Solomon]

...and the original statutes...

1.page

[Solomon]

and the 2.page

[Deruelle]

Very nice document

Christophe

[Mike Dwyer]

Solomon,

Very, very nice! I noticed on page 2 of the statues, after the Furst's printed name, it says Freiherr von Richtofen. Is that the same family as the famous WW1 air ace?

[Solomon]

Solomon,

Very, very nice! I noticed on page 2 of the statues, after the Furst's printed name, it says Freiherr von Richtofen. Is that the same family as the famous WW1 air ace?

Yes, I?m sure it is :-)

By the way, Manfred von Richthofen also got a reward from Lippe-Detmold.

I showed a copy of the original signed receipt, I found in the archive of Detmold.

The shown document is only one of a (almost) complete group of documents...I?ll show you the rest, when I?ve collected all the information.

Greetings

Solomon

[Chesley]

Yes, I?m sure it is :-)

By the way, Manfred von Richthofen also got a reward from Lippe-Detmold.

I showed a copy of the original signed receipt, I found in the archive of Detmold.

The shown document is only one of a (almost) complete group of documents...I?ll show you the rest, when I?ve collected all the information.

Greetings

Solomon

If I might ask a (nearly) off topic question...about Manfred von Richthofen:

Is there any record of him ever receiving the Observer's Badge?

He was an observer (and participated in bombing missions) before he

became a pilot, but I have never seen a reference or a photo of him

with the observer badge.

-Chesley

[Solomon]

If I might ask a (nearly) off topic question...about Manfred von Richthofen:

Is there any record of him ever receiving the Observer's Badge?

He was an observer (and participated in bombing missions) before he

became a pilot, but I have never seen a reference or a photo of him

with the observer badge.

-Chesley

He don?t listed it in 1917, so I?m quite sure he didn?t award it.

Every other award he got till October, 23th in 1917 he listed.

Greetings

Solomon

[Guest Rick Research]

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! ALLLLLLLLLL of Lippe's Urkunden are

And here's the roll entry, number 248, made on 30 May 1905, noting that he was born 15 January 1868 in Coburg, Kreis Jerichow I:

I love Lippe's rolls! And luckily, complete data like this BEGAN in 1905. Beautiful penmanship... but sooooooooooooooooo mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnny to TYPE!