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You are bidding on one handwritten, signed letter of Bavarian Infantry General Albert von Schoch (1860-1943), from 1940 Grand Chancellor of the Military Order of Max Joseph.

DatedMunich, 26. July 1930.

addressed to the general of the cavalry Prince Alfonso of Bavaria (1862-1933), with thanks for happy 70th birthday Date of birth.

Transcription:

"Most Serene Prince!

Your Royal Highness!

For the renewed proof of gracious disposition that Your Royal Highness gave me with your most gracious congratulations on my 70th birthday. To grant birthdays that have had grace, I beg to express my most humble, heartfelt thanks.

If, upon entering the 8th When I look back on my long military career for a decade, it is one of the most valuable memories and facts for me that I was initiated into the basics of drills by the stern Lieutenant Kellermann together with Your Royal Highness while I was still in cadet uniform and that I since from any time the special grace of your royal highness was allowed to enjoy.

It was with great regret that I heard that Your Royal Highness recently suffered a serious rib injury from a fall while riding a horse, but fortunately you have largely recovered from it, so that there is legitimate hope that the spa treatment in Gastein, the At most those who intend to undergo it soon, which will bring complete recovery and the regaining of full ability to ride.

Please deign to accept Your Royal Highness the assurance of the most faithful veneration and respectful devotion, with which I remain as Your Royal Highness's most humble Albert von. Schoch, retired cavalry general"

Scope: 2 pages (28.6 x 22.6 cm).

The original envelope is enclosed (12.4 x 15.5 cm), with postmark Munich, 27. July 1930.

With a handwritten annotation by Alfons von Bayern (Date 8/5/30, certainly related to his reply, and naming of the sender and address).

Condition:Paper browned, with corner crease and small tears in the fold. The envelope slightly damaged. please bealso pay attention to the pictures!

Internal note: EVS 2108-6

About Albert von Schoch and Alfons von Bayern (source: wikipedia):

Albert Schoch, from 1909 Knight of Schoch (* 23. July 1860 in Munich; † 8th. March 1943 ibid.), was a Bavarian infantry general in World War I and from 1940 until his death Grand Chancellor of the Military Order of Max Joseph.

Life

Origin: His great-grandfather was the Swiss revolutionary Johann Felix Schoch (1768-1817), who was sentenced to death, his grandfather the administrator of the Steingaden military foal farm, Johann Erhard Schoch (1788-1839). His parents were Karl Wilhelm Schoch (1821-1868), Colonel in the Bavarian General Staff, and his wife Marie, née Heymann from Nuremberg. His brothers Gustav, Emil and Karl were also generals in the Bavarian army.

Military career: Schoch, coming from the cadet corps, resigned on April 8. August 1879 as a portepee flag in the infantry body regiment of the Bavarian army. There he became second lieutenant in November 1881. In 1884/85 he worked as a teacher for topographical photographs at the War School. From 1891 to 1894, Schoch graduated from the War Academy, which qualified him for the General Staff.[1] In the further course of his military career, Schoch became a captain in 1896 and, as a major, a battalion commander in the 11th Army in 1904. Infantry Regiment "von der Tann". In 1905 he was transferred to the General Staff of the I Army Corps and promoted to lieutenant colonel the following year. As a colonel, Schoch became commander of the 3. Infantry Regiment "Prinz Karl von Bayern". For his services, he was awarded the Order of the Bavarian Crown and after being entered in the knight class of the nobility register from the age of 14. May 1909 called Ritter von Schoch.

From the 15th October 1911 to 21. On April 1, 1912, Schoch succeeded his brother Karl as director of the War Academy. He then became Major General Commander of the 3. Infantry Brigade in Augsburg. Schoch gave up this command with promotion to lieutenant general on 18. December 1913, when he became commander of the 1. division was appointed.

After the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Schoch commanded his division, including during the battles in Lorraine, before Nancy-Épinal and on the Somme. In 1915 the division took part in the autumn battles of La Bassée and Arras and the trenches in Artois, and in 1916 they took part in the battles of Verdun and the Somme. For his services as a division commander during the battles for the Vimy Heights, Schoch was imprisoned on April 8. February 1916 as a knight in the Military Max Joseph Order.[2] In mid-January 1917, Schoch gave up the division, was promoted to general of the infantry and appointed commanding general of the general command zb V. 63 in the occupying army in Romania. In the same year it was also presented à la suite des 3. Infantry Regiment "Prinz Karl von Bayern".

After the end of the war and repatriation to Germany, Schoch was born on April 19. August 1919 put to disposal and retired from active service.

Honours: In addition to the Military Order of Max Joseph and the Order of the Bavarian Crown, Schoch was the holder of the Grand Cross of the Order of Albrecht with a golden star and swords, the Order of the Red Eagle II. Class with swords and the Bavarian Order of Military Merit I class with swords.

In addition, the Schoch barracks in Landshut were named after him in September 1938.

Family: Schoch married on 31. May 1898 in Hamburg Elise Heymann, with whom he had a son.

Alfons Maria Franz Clemens Maximilian of Bavaria (* 24. January 1862 in Munich; † 8th. January 1933 ibid) was a royal prince and general of the cavalry.

Life

Origin: Alfons came from the noble family of Wittelsbach. He was the son of Prince Adalbert of Bavaria and his wife Infanta Amalia del Pilar of Spain and a grandson of King Ludwig I.

Military career: After attending a humanistic high school and university, he joined the 1st Army in 1880 as a second lieutenant. Infantry Regiment "König" of the Bavarian Army. The following year he was commanded for the 3rd time. Field Artillery Regiment "Queen Mother" and in 1882 he was transferred to the 1. Heavy Cavalry Regiment "Prinz Karl von Bayern" transferred. Promoted to Rittmeister in 1884, Alfons served as squadron commander from 1886 and took part in courses at the War Academy (practice trip, war history) in 1888/89 and 1891/92. While still a major, he was born on April 15. Appointed Regimental Commander July 1892. In this position he rose further and finally took over command of the 1. Cavalry Brigade. Promoted to lieutenant general in 1901, Alfons was relieved of his command. In 1905 he was promoted to General der Kavallerie.

He was commander of the "Freiherr von Manteuffel" (Rhenish) Dragoon Regiment stationed in Hofgeismar. 5.

Alfons is buried in the Michaelskirche in Munich.

Family: Alfons had first proposed to Louise Victoire's cousin Marie Valerie of Austria. But the first meeting was so boring that there was no marriage.

on the 15th On April 1, 1891, Alfons married Louise Victoire d'Orléans, the daughter of Ferdinand d'Orléans and Sophie Charlotte Duchess in Bavaria, at Nymphenburg Palace. The marriage produced the following children:

Joseph Clemens (1902–1990), art historian

Elizabeth Maria (1913–2005) ⚭ 1939: Franz Josef von Kageneck (1915–1941)| ⚭ 1944 (o|o 1953): Ernst Küstner (* 1920)