Posted 7 years ago
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I found this 1864 German military document, but don't really know what it is for. The headline reads "In the field of Aahu????".
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It's a patient record from Fieldlazareth Aarhus, the field hospital at Aarhus, Denmark. Germany and Denmark fought a famous war 1864. The record is signed at Viborg, Denmark. The Danes were crushed by Germany.
The record says among other things
Regiment number, Battallion or Brigade: 1 Pos Inf Regt n 18 (1 position, infantery regiment number 18)
Company: 12
Name and Last name: Dieter Breilaner
Age 23 6/12
Time of service 1 2/3 years
Birthplace: Wollstein (which is Wolsztyn, Poland today)
Admitted 18th October 1864
Unfortnately, I can't read the disease (Krankheit in Geman) looks like 'Dethirium' maybe Delirium?
Strange thing is though that the war was fought over the Danish German border, if Schleswig should belong to Germany_Preussia or to Denmark. Viborg were this was signed and Aarhus is further up in the middle of Denmark. It's written in German and signed by Müller (German). Being such an significant war, for a Danish collector, this is as exciting as a document from the Civil war would be for an American!
Saw now his proper spelling at the top, Dieter Breslauer, born 1840 or 1841. Infantery soldier.
I did my homework and read up a little: Aarhus in Denmark was indeed occupied by German-Preussia (Austria) during the Second Schleswig war from Apr 28 to Nov. 20, 1864.
Wow! Thank you so much for that great information!