Lot 6671
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845–1923) — a handwritten and signed letter to the Court Marshal's Office of Prince Alfons of Bavaria 1912
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Small double-sheet of writing paper (22 x 14.4 cm) with printed header “Geheimer Rath Röntgen”. Written in black ink, the place indication “München, den” overwritten with “Davos - Schweiz Flüela - Parkhotel - 27 Dec. 1912”. Addressed “An das Hofmarschallamt Seiner Königl. Hoheit des Prinzen Alfons von Bayern. Herrn Oberst Freih. von Reitzenstein München.”, Röntgen writes to the Freiherr “dass ich mit der im sehr geehrten Schreiben vom 23 d.M. enthaltenen Aenderung des Miethvertrages einverstanden bin. Ich gestatte mir den mit 1 Jan. 1913 fälligen Betrag der Miethe gleichzeitig zu übersenden. - In ausgezeichneter Hochachtung Ew. Hochwohlgeboren ergebenster Dr. W.C. Röntgen”, the signature underlined. At the lower margin he adds “P.S. Eine in meine Münchner Wohnung dirigierte Empfangsbescheinigung wäre mir sehr erwünscht.” and monograms with “R.”. Below the date, in pencil in Reitzenstein's hand “28.12.1912” with the abbreviation “R”, and next to Röntgen's signature likewise in pencil “Scheck über 1500 M Wohnungsmiete entnommen - 28.12.1912” with Reitzenstein's signature. Folded once, the reverse with traces of black sealing wax for Röntgen's business card. From 1900 to 1919, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen and his wife Bertha lived as tenants on the first floor of a villa at Munich's Prinzregentenstr. 1 (today no. 61), which had been built in 1896 to 1899 on the commission of the Dutch consul-general Friedrich Karl Meyer. In 1903, Prince Alfons of Bavaria acquired the villa, which thereafter also bore his name as the “Prinz Alfons-Villa”. In 1919, the Prince gave the Röntgen family notice, as he wished to occupy the villa himself again after World War I. The monthly rent of 1,500 Mark corresponds today to approximately €10,000 in inflation-adjusted terms. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen had been full Professor of Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich since April 1st, 1900; in the same year he received the Barnard medal of Columbia University in New York and in 1901 became the first Nobel Prize laureate in Physics. In 1920 he was granted emeritus status as Professor at the LMU.Condition: II - Questions about the lot?
