Prince Moltke

Prince MOLTKE


Reference Number:- Sprake Number:- Godden Number:-
so 396 113 130
 
Words:
Woven on silk:-
 
Moltke (signature)
 

Printed at bottom of card-mount:-
 
 
 
 

Size:
Card-mount:
cm deep by cm wide

silk:
cm high by cm wide

Comments:

by Sprake:
 

by Godden:
Hellmuth Carl Bernard Moltke, the son of a Danish general, was born in October 1800. in1822 he transferred to the Prussian army and became Chief of the General Staff. He was the architect of Prussia's military supremacy and may be regarded as the greatest strategist of his period. Baron von Moltke died on 24 April 1891.

The simple title MOLTKE was first listed on label 23+34b of 1888. The silk would, however, appear to have been mainly made for the Continental market. Specimens are rare. It is included on the Franz Drahne German back-label. An unmounted example is shown on plate 163, reproduced from the Stevens presentation volume.

Other comments:
The above image is obviously a mounted silk, although again, no Stevens credit is evident. 



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