unknown award doc?+party invitation?

[joeimwalle]

unknown award doc?+party invitation?

got these two with a postcard collection of ww1 postcards.
one looks like a award doc.?
other 2 look like a party invitation?

anybody able to translate or decipher these?

maybe gerdan can
thxs in advance
joe

[joeimwalle]

2

little better shot,

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3

invitation?

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2

closeup

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3

3

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back

back of card

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5

5

[Chip M]

Joe,

The first document is for the 1897 centennial medal commemorating the birth of Kaiser Wilhelm I. The Schrift reads, "dem Hilfshoboist, überz. Untoffz. Hans Hauenstein, der 1.Comp. Leib-Grenadier-Regiments König Friedrich Wilhelm III (1.Brandenburgischen) No.8".

The other two pieces have to do with the opening of the Nord-Ostsee-Kanals. One, as you mentioned, is an invitation to a gala and the other is a brief history of the canal.

Chip

[joeimwalle]

thxs

thxs chip, great help as always
joe