Claudius Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Greetings; Proof that the ebay snipers can be beat. This arrived today after I won it last month. My many thanks to the seller for packaging it well for the trip here. I haven't had time to take a good photo and I didn't read all of the signatures at the bottom, but the one signature that did attract me to this POW made document was the one on the bottom left. That's Meyer-Waldeck, the Governor and Commander of the Tsingtau garrison just before and during the siege of Tsingtau. Here is my translation; Honor Document Gymnastic Club______Narashiro (in the circle motif above) At the Gymnastic Contest On November 10, 1918, the Gymnast, Albrecht, in a 12-event, upper level contest received the 6th place with 124 3/4 points. Gymnastics Club Narashiro the 10th of November 1918 The Judges: ------------------------ His full name was; Fritz H. R. Albrecht POW #854 Ober-Matrosen Artl. -5th Company M.A.K. from Südenburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Fantastic! Must have had some freedoms in the camp if they printed this!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudius Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Fantastic! Must have had some freedoms in the camp if they printed this!! Yes they did Chris. Officers could even leave the camp to explore the surrounding countryside, if they swore as officers that they would return by nightfall. There are accounts of being followed by Japanese police, but the German officers kept their word and returned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudius Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Hello; Could I ask for some Signature help? There are TEN signatures on this document and I would like to read the names. I know I can look them up, once I know who they are. Can someone make out the names for me? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Without guarantee! Boethke, Senffert v. Bilucki, Oehler, Cordes Musfeld, Busch, Langguth Blaetschke, Kühn Uwe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudius Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Outstanding! And so quickly too. Your sign-on name "Speedy"top fit you well Tonight I will look up those names and see if I can find matches. Hopefully only one will match. Thank you again Uwe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Hi, is the "8" in 1918 handwritten? Best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudius Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Hi, is the "8" in 1918 handwritten? Best Chris wow. I didn't notice that before. I will have to check on the orginal, but it's clear it's not in the same font. Obviously this document was pre-printed to be filled out for the winner's name, the Place awarded and the points earned. But maybe the year was left blank and typefaced in later. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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