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GERMAN SOLDIER'S LETTER EX "MOZAIK" (NR. MOSCOW) TO CASSEL WITHOUT POSTAL MARKS BUT WITH 1812 DEATH CERTIFICATE; 13 Oct. 1812 EL (some fading and overall dusting of the address; with full typed transcript and rough translation) from a German Grenadier (Wilhelm Jutte) in "Mozaik" (Mozhaysk; 69 miles west of central Moscow) to another soldier's wife in "Cassel" giving her the sad news that her soldier husband (Johann Luckert), had died; "...on October 12th. [20 days after he had said that he was dying]...there is nothing to be had here - no pen, paper or ink; you do not see anyone in the towns - all is like a desert... he left nothing behind... he had been ill in Orsya for 14 days...there is no money for food and we have to live quite miserably now; our Battalion have almost all died". Together with stained and folded (but complete; full typed transcription & translation) authenticated 1847 death certificate for Luckert stating that he had died in the field on 14th Oct. 1812 "as a result of exhaustion"). A sad story. [See also the 5 June 1812 letter above that was sent by Luckert himself in Warsaw to his wife.] (2 items) Cross Reference: RUSSIA, GERMAN STATES
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