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[On Behalf of the Kaizer Wilhelm II] ADMIRAL WILHELM ANTON SOUCHON, (German admiral in World War I), (1864-1946).Biblio.com

1915053124Constantinople: Kommando der Flotte Konstantinopel den 12. August 1915. 1915. No Binding. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original typescript letter signed 'Souchon' addressed to Capitan lieutenant colonel Vasif Wassif Muhiddin Bey Kasimpasali. Wassif Bey was a ship commander of Hamidiye cruiser before Rauf Orbay. 27x21 cm. In German. 1 p. "Kommando der Flotte" letterhead with bilingual in German and Ottoman Turkish. 8 lines. Signed 'Souchon'. This letter includes an indication that it honors the Kaiser Wilhelm II with the Iron Cross medal for Commander of Haamidiye Wassif Bey. "Seine Majestät der Kaiser und König haben Euer Hochwohlgeboren in Anbetracht Ihrer tatkraftigen Arbeit im Interesse der Kriegsbereitschaft und Kriegsbereitschaft und Kriegsbedürfnisse der Marine das Eiserne Kreuz 2. Klasse zu verleihen geruht.". i.e. His Majesty the Emperor and King have deigned your High Wellbeing to give the Iron Cross 2nd Class to the Navy in view of your hard work in the interest of readiness for war needs. Wilhelm Anton Souchon was a German admiral in World War I. Souchon commanded the Kaiserliche Marine's Mediterranean squadron in the early days of the war. His initiative played a major part in the entry of the Ottoman Empire into World War I. Wilhelm Anton Souchon was born on 2 June 1864 in Germany to a family of Huguenot ancestry. In July 1914 hostilities erupted between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Serbia. Rear Admiral Souchon a native of Leipzig feared being trapped in the Adriatic Sea in the event of other nations joining in the conflict. Because of this Souchon took his two ships the battlecruiser Goeben and the light cruiser Breslau into the western Mediterranean. When World War I began on 4 August 1914 he bombarded the French-Algerian ports of Bône and Philippeville. He successfully eluded British attempts to corner him see Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau and on 10 August 1914 his small squadron arrived at the Dardanelles. After two days of negotiations he was allowed to take his ships to Istanbul where they were subsequently transferred officially into the Ottoman Navy. Souchon was appointed Commander-in-chief of the Ottoman Navy and served in this position until September 1917. This gesture by Germany had an enormously positive impact with the Turkish population. At the outbreak of the war Winston Churchill caused outrage when he "requisitioned" without compensation two almost completed Turkish battleships in British shipyards Sultan Osman I and Reshadieh that had been financed by public subscription. These ships were commissioned into the Royal Navy as Agincourt and Erin respectively. On 15 August 1914 in the aftermath of Souchon's daring dash to Constantinople Turkey cancelled their maritime agreement with Britain and the Royal Navy mission under Admiral Limpus and left by 15 September. The Dardanelles were fortified with German assistance and the Bosporus was secured by the presence of Goeben now Yavuz Sultan Selim. On 27 September 1914 the Straits were officially closed to all international shipping. On 29 October 1914 Souchon's fleet launched the Black Sea Raid a naval attack which brought the Ottoman Empire into World War I. His ships laid several sea minefields and shelled the Russian Black Sea ports of Sevastopol Odessa and others destroying the Russian minesweeper Prut in the process. British naval units quickly retaliated on Turkish merchant ships off Izmir Smyrna. On 2 November 1914 Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire. On 5 November Britain followed suit and on 12 November 1914 the Ottoman government officially declared war on the Triple Entente. For the next three years Souchon attempted to reform the Ottoman Navy while conducting a number of raids on Russian shipping ports and coastal installations in the Black Sea. Promoted to vice admiral Souchon was awarded the Pour le Mérite Germany's highest military order on 29 October 1916. In September 1917 Souchon returned to Germany. There he received command of the Fourth Battleship Squadron of the High Seas F Kommando der Flotte, Konstantinopel, den 12. August 1915. unknown

[WORLD WAR I]. ALLEN, George H; WHITEHEAD, Henry C; CHADWICK, Admiral FE; SIMS, William Snowden; McANDREW, James W; & WILEY, EdwBiblio.com

The Great War. First volume: causes of and motives for. . . with an introduction by William Howard Taft; Second volume: the mobilization of the moral and physical forces; Third volume: the original German plan and its culmination; Fourth volume: the wavering balance of forces; Fifth volume: the triumph of democracy.

151964089Philadelphia PA: George Barrie’s Sons 1915-1921. Five volumes. Thick 8vo. 8 xxx 388; xxii 2 494; xx 500; xxii 508; xvii 1 498 pp. With tipped-in presentation leaf in red & black titles in red & black photogravure frontispieces maps some large folding tipped-in colour plates photo plates illustrations. Uniformly bound in Deluxe full dark-green publisher’s morocco gilt decorations & rulings on covers 5 raised bands on gilt decorated spines brown & gilt spine labels gilt inner dentelles t.e.g. minor shelfwear slight scuffing very minor bumping to head of spine vol. 5 still an excellent set from the library of Captain Alexander Henry Higginson 1876-1958 noted expert on foxhounds equitation and author on steeplechase and fox hunting who spent the war in the US Army Remount service training and securing vast amounts of horses for the Allied forces and training them and his wife Jeanne Calducci Higginson 1886-1925 former stage actress who married Higginson in 1907 w/ her Egyptian revival bookplates mounted on front pastedowns of all 5 volumes. A magnificent deluxe presentation edition of this monumental history of World War I written and issued contemporaneously by several of the participants and including introduction by former President Taft and later Supreme Court Justice. Included are photos personal & first-hand accounts of European military campaigns naval & air campaigns trench warfare along with technological and political upheavals. There are also extensive sections on the war in Africa Asia Palestine and the Middle East Submarine warfare the Armenian Massacre the Russian Revolution and finally the protracted problems of crafting a peace treaty. George Barrie’s Sons, hardcover

Zephyr Used & Rare Books · États-Unis1 000,00 $US≈ 846,10 €

Women's Social History Civil WarABAA

Pocket Bible given by a captured Union soldier to a woman in a prominent Unionist family

3256Harper's Ferry. Pocket New Testament bound in red sheep over card measuring 3 x 4.25". Extremities somewhat rubbed but in overall solid condition. Offsetting to pastedowns. Various selections dog-eared but no markings to internal text. Multiple ownership signatures from the prominent Koonce family most notably the inscription to the front endpaper: "Presented to Mollie E. Koonce by a patriot soldier at the line of surrender in Harper's Ferry to the Rebels under Gen. Hill." Other signatures include Howard Koonce Alice R. Koonce and Peachie Koonce. A unique artifact that speaks to women's presence influence and the risks they faced in wartime. The Mollie E. Koonce of the ownership is possibly Mary E. Koonce daughter of George Koonce an entrepreneur and statesman; several other family members' names also appear in the Bible Howard who went on to become a physician and Estelle May "Peach" Koonce. History has remembered and recorded George Koonce. The proprietor of a Harper's Ferry general store Koonce & Son he was a prominent Unionist and delegate to the 1861 Wheeling Convention protesting the secession and arguing for the creation of a separate state West Virginia a Northern and Unionist region carved out of Virginia to which he ultimately served as senator. What remains lesser known are the experiences of the women in this family who were clearly present for the traumatic events of the Harper's Ferry battle and surrender and who were identifiable as part of an activist family. They faced tremendous risk yet it is likely as with women on both sides that they continued maintaining homes and businesses and may have even been volunteers. The fall of Harper's Ferry was an especially harsh loss for the Union 44 killed 47 wounded 12419 captured. In her 1862 account The Battle of Harper's Ferry as a Woman Saw It nurse Mary Clemmer Ames reported that "traitors gathered around us even while we watched. Besotted blear-eyed Virginia cravens squatted on stones and stood with hands in their pockets estimating the probabilities of a fight.Beside these cowards stood women watching trembling for the safety of their homes.young girls whom the fortunes of war had given a temporary home here wondered if with the enemy in they would ever get out." What was Mollie's role in the midst of this and what brought her to the line of surrender where she could receive this gift To what extent was the "patriot soldier" passing along his Bible in request for her prayers versus giving it to her a sign he prayed for her safety A unique piece of women's Civil War social history raising questions deserving of further research. U.S. Census Records 1860-1900. George W. Koonce Family Papers at West Virginia University AM.0407. unknown books

Whitmore Rare Books · États-Unis1 000,00 $US≈ 846,10 €

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REWARD OF IRON CROSS MEDAL FOR WASSIF BEY FROM WILHELM II - SIGNED BY ADMIRAL SOUCHON Typescript letter signed 'Souchon' sent to 'Kapitan zur See Wassif Bey'.

â€œAmerica is not and never was a matter of race or ancestry.â€

Large diazotype poster "A Soldier = 5 Housing Units = 4 College Classrooms $90000 a year"

THE DAILY CITIZEN. THURSDAY JULY 2 1863

Phelps and Watson's Historical Military Map of the Border and Southern States

Carte-de-Visite of Pauline Cushman

Manuscript Letter from General Andrew Porter to Captain William W. Averell.

DER LUTHERANER. GOTTES WORT UND LUTHERS LEHR VERGEHET NUN UND NIMMERMEHR Vols. 16-19

COMMISSIONING ANDREW A. HILL OF IREDELL COUNTY a "First Lieutenant in the USeventh Infantry North Carolina Troops" to rank 10 January 1862 a partly printed document signed by Clark as Governor of North Carolina and with the embossed seal of the state

Training Manual Royal Flying Corp Parts I and II

An Appeal to Christians on the Subject of Slavery

Administrative Highlights of the WRA Program

INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY THE GENERAL MEETING OF ELECTORS TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY AND DISTRICT OF MEXICO

Manuale per gli ufficiali del genio

NEW YORK VOLUNTEER OFFICERS' PAYMASTER RECORD BOOK

Nisei in Uniform

General Chart of Lake Michigan

Pocket Bible given by a captured Union soldier to a woman in a prominent Unionist family

Imperial Rescript of the Declaration of War on the United States and Great Britain. Dated December 8th 1941 but later printed for Military Academy Use circa 1942-1944

SEA AND SUSSEX FROM RUDYARD KIPLING'S VERSE . ILLUSTRATED BY DONALD MAXWELL

â€œAmerica is not and never was a matter of race or ancestry.â€

THE HISTORY OF CHICAGO.

Collection of "U.S. Naval Expedition" Patriotic Envelopes

HISTORY OF SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE: ANCIENT AND MODERN. . THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE AND THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES TO WHICH IS ADDED THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION

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