Prussia, Kingdom. A Captain’s Widow’s Pension Provisions Letter Signed By King Wilhelm I, 1870 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Frontflugspange für Nahnachtjadgverbände)

(Frontflugspange für Nahnachtjadgverbände)

In die-stamped silvered bronze with red and white enamels

and a small dent to the obverse of the scabbard’s throat fixture

the dust jacket with sunning evident on the spine

Troops Leaving for the Front

Prussia, Kingdom. A Captain’s Widow’s Pension Provisions Letter Signed By King Wilhelm I, 1870 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Frontflugspange für Nahnachtjadgverbände)The letter is signed in blue ink by Wilhelm I, King of Prussia, and addressed to the Minister of Finances. Wilhelm states that the widow of Hauptmann (captain) and Rathmann (privy councillor) Nickau in Grlitz (Saxony) is to receive a one time gift of 30 Thaler, and that her annual widows pension is to be increased from 50 to 90 Thaler. The letter is dated to Head Quarters at Versailles on October 12, 1870. Measuring 222 mm (w) x 261 mm (h), presenting