Nov 01, 2016 - Sale 2428

Sale 2428 - Lot 68

Price Realized: $ 292
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
"I AM SO PROUD TO BE THE CHIEF" OF A HUSSAR REGIMENT AT KÖNIGSBERG EDWARD VII; KING OF ENGLAND. Autograph Telegram Signed, "Albert Edward," as Prince of Wales, to Emperor Wilhelm II, in German, in pencil, declining to allow him to lead Edward's Hussar Regiment at Königsberg. 1 page, oblong 8vo, "Telegraphie des Deutschen Reiches" telegram form; few ink spots at left margin, folds. Np, [8 September 1894]

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". . . Had it been possible, nothing would have given me greater pleasure than to have you lead my fine Hussar Regiment at Königsberg . . . ."