Der Nachlass Leonrod

| 125 liches Handschreiben vom 23. November 1914 mit der Ernennung zum Obersthofmeister mit Unterschrift „Ludwig”. Umfangreiche und komplette Dokumentengruppe zum militärischen und zivilen Werdegang des Wilhelm Freiherrn von Leonrod! Wilhelm Freiherr von Leonrod – Patents, appointment documents etc. for Wilhelm Freiherr von Leonrod The Official Gazette No. 30 issued by the Royal Bavarian Ministry of War, dated 8 August 1883, announcing his appointment to “Porte- peefähnrich”; Patent as “Second-Lieutenant im 2. Ulanen-Regiment König”, dated 15 February 1886, signed by King Ludwig II; Decree on his appointment to “Königlicher Kammerjunker”, dated 13 December 1888, signed by Prince Regent Luitpold; A letter from the “OBERST- KAEMMERER-STAB” (with a black mourning seal) dated 12 Decem- ber 1888, addressed to Wilhelm’s father, “k. Kämmerer und General- lieutenant a. D. Herrn Karl Freiherrn von Leonrod” concerning his appointment as Kammerjunker at his father’s request (copies enclosed); Copy of the (tr.) “Command to enter the personal service of His Royal Highness Prince Ludwig of Bavaria” from the Ministry of War, dated 12 November 1892; Patent as “Premier-Lieutenant im 1. Schweren Reiter-Regiment Prinz Karl von Bayern”, dated 6 November 1894, signed by Prince Regent Luitpold; Patent as Rittmeister, dated 24 Octo- ber 1900, signed by Prince Regent Luitpold; Decree on his appointment to “Königlicher Kämmerer”, dated 21 February 1901, signed by Prince Regent Luitpold, along with a copy of his reply to the Prince Regent, a bill of charges from the general staff of the head chamberlain and a receipt for 540 marks; Patent as Major, dated 28 October 1908, signed by Prince Regent Luitpold; The Official Gazette No. 34 issued by the Royal Bavarian Ministry of War, dated 25 October 1883, announcing three order awards; The Official Gazette No. 32, dated 21 September 1912, regarding the award of (tr.) “Rank and fees to a regiment commander”. Enclosed is the 17-page (tr.) “Salary classification and pay calculation of the length of service”; Patent as Oberstleutnant, dated 22 February 1913 for the “Königlichen Flügeladjutanten …”, signed by Prince Regent Ludwig; Memorandum of the “OBERST- KAEMMERER-STABES” of 29 April 1913 that he is being entrusted (tr.) “with conducting the affairs of the general staff of the chief royal equerry”; Communiqué of the “K. Bayer General-Intendanz der Hof­ theater und der Hofmusik” “that His Royal Highness the Prince-Regent ... has most graciously deigned to grant free admission to the boxes of the royal adjutancy in the K. Hof- und Residenztheater”; Document on his appointment to Oberstallmeister, dated 25 May 1913, signed by Prince Regent Ludwig, plus the accompanying letter from K. Oberst- hofmeister Albrecht Graf von Seinsheim (1841 - 1915), whom Leonrod was to succeed; A copy of his request and the approval (12 June 1913) issued by the Ministry of War regarding his departure from the army (and to transfer (tr.) “with his previous uniform to the officers à l. s. of the army”), dated 13 June 1913, signed by the Minister of War, Otto Freiherr Kreß von Kressenstein (1850 - 1929); Decree on his award of the “Charakter als Oberst” dated 11 October 1914, signed by Ludwig III (1845 – 1921, acceded to the throne on 8 November 1913); Handwritten letter from the king, dated 23 November 1914, announcing his appoint- ment as Lord Chamberlain, signed “Ludwig”. An extensive, complete collection of documents recording the military and civil career of Wilhelm Freiherr von Leonrod. 247768 II € 1.500