austria-hungary AH signatures (Generals etc) + Verbundeten on Cigarette case

[erikscollectables]

Hi all, The case is made of Alpacasilber as it reads on the case itself.  The front has a group of signatures around the FJ "slogan" Viribus Unitis"

So far I have identified 4 of the signatures. They seem to be of the Military Leadership of the Eastern Front of the "Verbundeten".

AH:

• Top left: Erzherzog Friedrich FM (Feldmarschall)

• Bottom: Conrad von Hotzendorf Gen Oberst (to which he was promoted on june 23rd 1915 - and again promoted to General Feldmarschall on 23rd November 1916

German:

• Bottom left: Mackensen

• Bottom right: Von Hindenburg

Any ideas for the other signatures?

And is alpaca not a cheap material compared to the importance of the signatures?

Edited February 10, 2016 by erikscollectables

[speedytop]

Yes, Alpacca is cheap compared to the importance of the signatures.

Viribus unitis = with combined forces = Mit vereinten Kräften

Erinnerung = in memory

Mackensen

von Hindenburg

Erzherzog Carl GenLt = Erzherzog Karl Feldmarschall-Leutnant = a short time later Kaiser Karl

Conrad von Hötzendorf GenOberst (Generaloberst)

Erzherzog Friedrich FM (Feldmarschall)

But I have a problem with the signature top right.

Uwe

[speedytop]

Here is a picture of the military leaders in WWI:

Unsere Führer im 1. Weltkrieg

Uwe

[Christian1962]

the upper right is Erzherzog Eugen.

Regards

Christian

[erikscollectables]

Thanks guys. I found out it is a Kriegsfursorge item - so not unique!