Two Promotional Documents Knight`s Cross Recipient Theodor Preu GTRexclude he spent thirty-one years in

he spent thirty-one years in uniform

the only non-officer ranked soldier to do so

with a number of “1253”

silvered and gilt bronze with red and orange enamels

Two Promotional Documents Knight`s Cross Recipient Theodor Preu GTRexclude he spent thirty-one years inMeasuring ca. 210x330mm, better than very fine condition with some fraying and folding creases. The first certificate is a so called Offizierspatent (officers commission), a certificate of rank to Lieutenant for Theodor Preu of the 21st Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to Lieutenant on September 10, 1916. The certificate is dated to Vaux lez Tournai (Belgium) on May 19, 1918. The second certificate is a promotion certificate, stating that Theodor