erikscollectables Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Here is a picture of the military leaders in WWI: Unsere Führer im 1. Weltkrieg Uwe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian1962 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 the upper right is Erzherzog Eugen. Regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikscollectables Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 Thanks guys. I found out it is a Kriegsfursorge item - so not unique! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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