You are bidding on oneMilitary certificate from 1814 from the wars of liberation.

The Captain Erthl, company commander of the 15. National Field Battalion Bayreuth, writes a laudatory note Testimony for Lieutenant Cloeter, who had served in this regiment during the five weeks that Erthl was company commander.

It refers toGeorg Gottfried Cloeter, b. On the 27th. December 1779 in Förbau as the son of the official administrator, manor owner and owner of the Wendenhammer hammer mill Johann Gottfried Cloeter (1741-1822), who came from a Huguenot family, and Anna Margaretha, née. Frank (* 1758 in Förbau).

Georg Gottfried Cloeterdied on the 14th August 1815 as a lieutenant in the war against France in the hospital at Ivigny near Paris.

His brother, the pastor Flamin Cloeter (1790-1848), a pen friend of the poet Jean Paul, was the father of the pastor Samuel Gottfried Christoph Cloeter (1823-1894), founder of the Gnadenburg emigrant settlement in the Russian Caucasus.

The XV. National Field Battalion Bayreuth left on the 26th. July 1815 in the Royal Bavarian 13. Infantry Regiment “Franz Joseph I”.

Company commander Erthl may be. about Michael Erthl, who died on the 19th. April 1815 as a captain in the 11th Line Infantry Regiment in Kempten died. His wife Margaretha Erthl died in Würzburg in March 1814 at the age of 27 years and 4 months.

Dated St. Tue, the 22nd April 1814.

Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (German: Sankt Diedolt, or Sankt Didel) is a French commune in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine).

Transcription (in the original spelling):

“Testimony. The undersigned is bound in accordance with his duty, to Lieutenant Clöter from the 15th. National Baon field. Bayraith, to testify that the same (during five waves, when I had the honor of taking command of the company by virtue of higher orders) behaved as one would expect from a worthy and good officer, both his activity and vigilance Both in and out of service are to be highly praised, since the company was also stationed in Xertigny between Blombieres and Epinal, and mainly had to patrol the road to Langres, where several hundred armed peasants were stationed, said the lieutenant in question, who spoke French Advantageous service day and night, in that through effort and diligence he discovered many things that were very necessary for the advantage and safety of the company, to which Erthl, captain and company commander, dutifully testifies."

Note:The towns of Xertigny, Plombières-les-Bains and Épinal are mentioned.

Scope:one of four pages described (31.3 x 20.3 cm).

On strong paper; with paper-covered seal.

Condition:paper stained and slightly wrinkled; with slight edge damage. BiPlease also note the pictures!

Internal note: Cloeter individually Napoleon militaria