Two Promotional Documents Knight`s Cross Recipient Theodor Preu GTRexclude an enameled white red-framed Maltese

an enameled white red-framed Maltese Cross in silver

he spent thirty-one years in uniform

I remember a conversation we had on that subject when your son made the point

silvered and gilt bronze with red and orange enamels

with a number of “1253”

Two Promotional Documents Knight`s Cross Recipient Theodor Preu GTRexclude an enameled white red-framed MalteseMeasuring ca. 210x330mm, better than very fine condition with some fraying and folding creases. The first certificate is a so called Offizierspatent (officers commission), a certificate of rank to Lieutenant for Theodor Preu of the 21st Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to Lieutenant on September 10, 1916. The certificate is dated to Vaux lez Tournai (Belgium) on May 19, 1918. The second certificate is a promotion certificate, stating that Theodor