Lot 6715
Privy Councillor Wilhelm Selkmann (1818 - 1913) - a decorative certificate of the Bundesrat on the retirement of the Oldenburg representative 1901
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
A four-page document featuring calligraphic text executed in ink with gold highlights, reading “On April 1st of this year, Your Excellency will enter retirement and thereby leave the Bundesrat, of which you have been a member for nearly 30 years” dated “Berlin, March 25, 1901.” Pages two through four bear the ink signatures of the Bundesrat members from 1901, including, naturally, the Chairman of the Bundesrat, Bernhard von Bülow. Housed in a handsome blue leather portfolio (showing slight wear at the edges) featuring an Imperial Eagle embossed in gold on the cover and an embossed red border line; the interior is lined with cream-colored watered silk. Finished with a black, white, and red cord. Dimensions: 35 x 24.5 cm. Accompanied by a portrait photograph of Selkmann; dated “March 1908” on the reverse, mounted on a mat bearing the imprint of the Wiesbaden photographer “J. Benade.” Wilhelm Selkmann served as Oldenburg's sole representative in the Bundesrat for nearly 30 years. Furthermore, from 1886 onwards, he was the father-in-law of Erich von Falkenhayn, who would later become a General of the Infantry and Minister of War.Condition: II - Questions about the lot?
