Militaria Switzerland: 7 letters from the BERN Military Directorate 1869-72 to Lt. WHITE; Encores
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They bid on seven letters of Bern Military Directorate from 1867-1872.
Vorphila; run as an official matter.
Addressed to Lieutenant A. Weiß (4. Füselier Company of Battalion No. 37) in Bern, Kramgasse; di Albert White (Military farewell in 1874 as a first lieutenant in Battalion No. 91 of the Swiss Army).
Forms (employment orders) filled out by hand.
Dated 20. February 1867 to 3. April 1872 (two letters from 1867, three letters from 1869, one letter from 1870 and one letter from 1872).
Five letters signed from the director of the military directorate of the canton of Bern Johann Jakob Karlen (1819-1873). -- The other two letters signed by a representative (one signature stamped).
Attached are two documents from the Weiß family:
-Sumiswald wedding certificate, December 12th August 1831: Karl Weiß (son of Karl Friedrich Weiß in Lahr / Baden) marries Anna Elisabetha Zerx (or Zerz?), daughter of Hieronimus Z. from Rueggisburg in the canton of Bern), both of whom live in Zenn. Signed by Pastor Joh. Post Office; with beautiful fee stamps
-Photo (8.8 x 11.3 cm) around 1910, Exterior view of a house, in the foreground woman in the garden. Inscribed on the back: "Lugano. house d. Family White // i. Foreground Aunt Elisabeth."
Condition: Paper slightly browned and rarely creased. Very nice condition. bPlease also note the pictures at the end of the item description!
Internal note: Kief 22-05 121-1899 blue folder
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About Johann Jakob Karlen (source: wikipedia):
Johann Jakob Karlen (*16. January 1819 in Diemtigen; † 21. March 1873 in Bern) was a Swiss politician. From 1857 to 1872 he was a member of the National Council, and from 1857 to 1871 he was a government councilor for the canton of Bern.
Biography: Like his father, Karlen worked as a farmer and landowner, and also as a cattle breeder. In March 1845 he took part in the second Freischaren march to Lucerne and was subsequently considered a leading figure of the radical liberals in the Bernese Oberland. From 1846 to 1850 he worked as an administrator, and in the years 1850 to 1852 and 1854 to 1857 as government governor in the Niedersimmental district. In 1846 he was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern, where he served until 1850.
Karlen ran in the 1857 National Council elections and was elected in the Oberland constituency. The Grand Council elected him to the government council in the same year. Due to his rank as colonel, he was responsible for the military department in the cantonal government until 1871. At the end of the 1850s he began to adopt a more moderate stance, which meant that the conservatives respected him as a representative of agricultural interests, while he often clashed with the radicals, especially on railway issues. Otherwise he only went public on military issues. In 1871 Karlen resigned as a member of the government and in 1872 he failed to be re-elected as a member of the National Council.
His cousins Jakob Karlen and Johann Karlen were also national councilors.