An Imperial German Prussian Wilhelm Order Citation.
The citation for the Order awarded to Leopold Koppel measuring 470mm x 380mm, folded to the centre, attached to the folder is a 90mm cylindrical canister containing a great seal and this is attached to the velum citation with a run of Prussian black and white fleck cord. The canister has the Coat of Arms of Kaiser Wilhelm II to the face side. The citation is all hand illuminated, dated January 1906 and with a large pen signature of Kaiser Wilhelm. The citation is accompanied by another citation also to Leopold Koppel dated October 1912 awarding him the Red Eagle Order Second Class, with accompanying notification letter dated 9 January 1913; a very large format and elaborate citation to Leopold Koppel appointing him as a Grand Master of the Order of the Crown of Italy dated August 1906; plus two other unknown documents dated 1906 and 1910, light foxing but otherwise generally good condition £800-£1,200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of German Militaria.

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Leopold Koppel was born in Dresden in October 1843. A German banker, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, he founded the private banking house of Koppel & Co and other industrial firms including the light bulb manufacturing company Osram. An extremely philanthropic man, a foundation was set up in his memory, from an endowment he made in 1911, which resulted in the founding of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electro Chemistry. He died in Berlin in August 1933.