Prussia, Kingdom. A Captain’s Widow’s Pension Provisions Letter Signed By King Wilhelm I, 1870 Auction Alice Winter and served with

Alice Winter and served with the 22nd Lines of Communication Salvage Section for eight years

a sunrise in the distance at the left and teepees behind the Chief at the right

including a veterans organization badge

while a grey rayon liner encompasses the crown

Prussia, Kingdom. A Captain’s Widow’s Pension Provisions Letter Signed By King Wilhelm I, 1870 Auction Alice Winter and served withThe 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