*A set of 9 framed pieces with passepartout, concerning... Lot 17
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*A set of 9 framed pieces with passepartout, concerning the military career of Baron d'Eschwege in the service of King Jerome of Westphalia and in Hesse in the service of King Wilhelm I: - Handwritten letter of appointment as bodyguard, dated Kassel, 18 May 1806, signed Wilhelm; with dry seal. - Letter partly printed: "KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA", appointment of second lieutenant in the cuirassiers regiment, signed by the Minister of War Joseph Morio (aide-de-camp of King Jerome), dated Kassel, March 4, 1808. - Letter partly printed: "KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA", appointment of lieutenant in the 1st cuirassiers regiment, signed by the Minister of War Eblé, dated Cassel, May 5, 1809; dry stamp. - Handwritten letter from: "1st Division, 1st Bureau, Cavalry", order from the King to go to Hanover to be employed as captain in the 1st regiment of hussars, signed, in the absence of the Minister, by the general in charge of the portfolio, dated Kassel, 17 June 1810; dry stamp and ink stamp of the Minister of War. - Letter with printed letterhead: "Extract from the Minutes of the Secretariat of State. Jérôme Napoléon par la grâce de Dieu et les Constitutions, Roi de Westphalie, Prince Français etc.", appointment of King's ordinance officer signed Jérôme Napoléon, for the King, Minister Secretary of State, Count of Fürstenstein (Pierre Alexandre Le Camus 1774/1824), dated Cassel, 3 May 1813; dry stamp. - Handwritten letter addressed to Mr. Eschwege, squadron leader of the guard's Light Horse Troops; permission from the King to retire to his homes, signed by the King's Brigadier General Aide-de-Camp, Baron de Wolff (1776/1848), dated Kassel, 26 October 1813; stamped red wax. - Handwritten letter in German, nomination, signed Wilhelm K (Elector of Hesse 1813/1821), dated Kassel, 27 December 1813; dry stamp. - Handwritten letter in German, nomination, signed Wilhelm (probably Wilhelm VIII 1751/1760), dated Kassel, 13 March 1756. - Engraving, bust portrait of Baron d'Eschwege dre
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