Intriguing Officer Patent

[chrisftk]

I bought this patent a while back and thought I'd share. It's not WW2 era, but Imperial.

What made me jump on it were two things:
1) The gentleman was in the Leib-husaren regiment nr.2, one of the death's head cavalry regiments.
2) Hand signed by Wilhelm II and sealed with the Hohenzollern emblem.

The officer's name was Franz Miketta and he was promoted to oberstleutnant from major in March, 1897. My guess would be he eventually made general. I'm attempting to research him further. Anyway, I thought I'd share.

 

[Hambone]

Cool doc, what's the patent for?

 

[Peter U]

Cool doc, what's the patent for?

It is an officers commision, a promotion document to lieutenant colonel.

 

[Peter U]

Nice patent!
Thanks for posting it.



I'am a fan of these too
In my collection I have two examples, similar style but of officers that served in the battle Waterloo.


Cheers,
Peter

 

[chrisftk]

Thanks guys, I thought the famous regiment and connection to the Kaiser made it a nice pick up. A Waterloo era patent would be interesting to see!

 

[Peter U]

Thanks guys, I thought the famous regiment and connection to the Kaiser made it a nice pick up. A Waterloo era patent would be interesting to see!

It sure is an interesting and historical piece Chrisftk!



This one from my collection.

Carl von Collignon, was a Belgian, born in Liege in 1781.
Prior to his Prussian career he served two years in the Dutch army, in 1798 he joined the Prussian Infantry Regiment von Hagken (Nr 44).
in January 1803 he got his officers commision, after his unit was disbanded he joined the first Infantry Regiment of Pommeria.
He fought in the campaigns of 1813, 14 & 15, this included the battles of Leipzig (Volkernslag) and Ligny-Waterloo in 1815 with the volunteer Jäger detachment (the elite formation in his regiment).
On September 6 1813 he was awarded the EKII for the battle of Dennewitz.
During the battle for Plancenoit (June 18 1815) he was promoted from company commander to acting commander of the 2nd Btl and with his unit he charged on the church of Plancenoit which was defended by the Old Guard of Napoleon, for this he was awarded the EKI.
He ended his career in 1838 as lieutenant colonel.
This patent is his promotion to captain and company commander (alas the images aren't of great quality).

 

[chrisftk]

Very cool document Peter! I love the seal! Lots of history!

 

[BerlinerLuebecker]

Thanks for sharing, guys! These are great. I'll have to find the scan of the one I have, a patent for an officer from Württemberg. I'm afraid it won't compete with a Wilhelm II signature or Napoleonic-era heritage, though.

 

[chrisftk]

Thanks for sharing, guys! These are great. I'll have to find the scan of the one I have, a patent for an officer from Württemberg. I'm afraid it won't compete with a Wilhelm II signature or Napoleonic-era heritage, though.

I'd love to see yours Chris-- I haven't seen a Wurttemburg patent before.

 

[BerlinerLuebecker]

So here is the Württemberg Patent to a certain Leopold Wergo, as well as a summary of his time in service (I have several more documents to the same man, but this one gives you a nice overview). His records, as well as a search through the Verlustenlisten, indicates that he was wounded (leicht verwundet) in action in 1915. He comes down with illness in 1918/9 and keeps a short journal detailing his medical procedures (~8 pages), in which he mentions that he was examined with the brand-new X-ray technology.

 

[chrisftk]

Very cool! Thanks for posting!

 

[chrisftk]

So, as an update-- I did a little research through the ranglisten and discovered some interesting tidbits. Franz Miketta was eventually promoted again and became commander of the 11th Hussar Regiment. I'm still looking as to when he retired, but he disappears from the WWI Eheren-Rangliste.