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A citation, award document (Verleihungsurkunde) for Gefreiter Louis Hecht of Infanterie-Regiment No. 449, dated 24. September 1917. Whereas the Iron Cross was otherwise awarded, the Grand Duchy of Baden had this medal as it's equivalent, this being the Silver Service Medal on the ribbon of the Militärische Karl-Friedrich-Medaille, as in wartime, (Silberne Verdienstmedaille) otherwise awarded on a yellow peacetime ribbon. The printed form is finished in a typewritten script with the details of the recipient and the award, and has the printed seal of the Ordens Chancellory and signed in ink by Dr. Hugo Freiherr von Babo. Dr. Hugo Freiherr von Babo, Wirkl.Geheimer Rath, Exzellenz, Kammerherr des Großherzogs von Baden, was the Ordenskanzler, and head of the Badische Ordenskanzlei at the time. (1857-1924) A picture of the said decoration is included (unclear photo) The medal was awarded from 1908 till 1918 and bears the portrait of Grossherzog Friedrich II. von Baden. The document paper has a watermark of the firm Gebrüder Buhl in Ettlingen/Baden. This firm still exists today.

Some items from the Garde-Füsilier-Regiment Two identity discs for Füsilier Max Pohl, born 1891 - Address: Berlin, Müllerstrasse 134c Smaller disc is with full length original black/white/red cord (Reich), bears only the name, Füsilier and service number. The larger disc is with full length original black/white cord (Prussia), bears all details, originally with Ersatz-Bataillon as a recruit, thereafter with 8.Komp. (II.Btl.)These old discs were in use till around the outbreak of war, then a split disc was introduced. The man would have been originally recruited about 1911. He must certainly have served in WW1. Together with a single fieldgrey shoulder strap from the Garde-Füsilier-Regiment. These items were acquired in the Berlin antiques market in 2000 from the same source. Possibly from the same man. The former regimental barracks had been right near to this place. A paper "Gefechtsstreifen", as were pasted into service books. This one was found loose in an original regimental history and has not been "used", some of the entries are original hand-written. This was the battle record of the regiment 1914-18. An orginal Militärpass from 1888 for another soldier of the Garde-Füsilier-Regiment in almost perfect condition for it's age. Discovered at a Berlin fleamarket. This is for a one-year volunteer, Richard Robert Holger Kustenbach, born 1863 in Cotensleben/Anhalt. He only served for a very short time and was invalided out. Very few entries, but interesting as an early example. Interesting to note, that the book is white, which was for the guards regiments. Infantry books had a blue cover with the notation "Provinzial-Infanterie". Note also the early 1871 style eagle. A reproduction print by Schindler, 1880, of soldiers of the Garde-Füsilier-Regiment, showing an Infanterist, Schellenbaumträger and Hoboist (latter two musicians). Charakteristic of the regiment were the silver buttons, black plume and blackened leather equipment and the yellow shoulder straps. Garde-Füsiliers were popularly known as the "Maikäfer". They also took part in the fighting in 1918/19 against Spartakist and communist uprisings in Berlin and elsewhere. Unfortunately, poor picture quality. Transcription, Berlin, 20.10.2002

A citation - Verleihungsurkunde of Iron Cross 2nd class 1939 awarded in late 1939 to Gefreiter Erwin Tiedtke of Stab, III.Btl. Infanterie-Regt. 162, which was raised in Summer 1939 in East Prussia. The document was written in Eschweiler in the West in November 1939 and signed by the Divisional Commander Generalleutnant Siegfried Haenicke. The document has unfortunately punch holes and slightly folded, otherwise in top condition. No further information on Tiedtke. Generalleutnant Haenicke bacame a prisoner of war with the Russians in 1945, and was interned in the Russian Sonderlager Mühlenberg in Thüringen, where he died in 1946.