Uncategorised Phantastic find made!

[The Prussian]

Hello friends!

I just recieved this wonderful army list!!!!!!!!!

It´s an originally, hand-written one from december 1757 (seventeen-hundred and fiftyseven)!!!!!

I only made one photo, because I don´t want to strain the binding.

This page shows the staff officers of the hussards.

Probably this one is written by a member of the prussian higher command and maybe Frederick the Great hold it in his hands to approve that list!

I haven´t seen a list of that era before!

When I first read inside, my blood ran cold and I needed a huge swallow of a very good Calvados!

Edited April 26, 2013 by The Prussian

[Deruelle]

Very impressive, thanks for sharing this one with us.

Christophe

[The Prussian]

Merci, Christophe! Another point is, those army rank lists are well-known since the era after Napoléon. Relicts from Frederick´ s era are unknown! Until a friend of mine bought 19 of them from a library of the german army. The books were forgotten in the cellar. Now they have been sold to a german museum. Luckily I had the chance to buy one of them for my collection! I am the luckiest man ever after the day of my devorce 19 years ago...

Edited April 27, 2013 by The Prussian

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

was it 19 times the same manuscript?

[The Prussian]

Hi Chris!

No, these were 19 different lists from 1755-1790 (or 1788 -I don´t know exactly). My friend wrote that the lists originally belonged to a colonel, which father and grand-father were members of the general-staff (I don´t know the name). He also wrote, that they were written by the "Kriegs-Kolleg" for the closest circle of Frederick the Great.

I attached two photos, before they were sold to this museum:

http://www.armeemuseum-plassenburg.de/

Edited April 27, 2013 by The Prussian

[Freiwillige]

Outstanding piece of history! My congratulations, Andreas!

[The Prussian]

Thanks a lot Andrew!