Name of Object:

Letter of Sultan Mehmet V to Emperor Karl I

Location:

Vienna, Austria

Holding Institution:

Austrian State Archives

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Date of Object:

9 February 1917

Description:

In this letter, Sultan Mehmet V thanks Austrian Emperor Karl I for the conferment of the "Austrian Military Cross" and congratulates him for his succession to the throne. In the same writing, he expresses his condolences for the death of Emperor Franz Joseph.

Type of Object

Document

Citation of this web page:

"Letter of Sultan Mehmet V to Emperor Karl I" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;at;39;en

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MWNF Working Number: AT 040