English Translation

hV - 4 - Among the most valuable honours was Radetzky the one by the kgl. Prussian guard : a homage address in a magnificent album decorated by the blacks=Adler-devotion " suum cuique ". The address is : " Excellency ! 35 years have elapsed since that memorable time, when Austria and Prussia's armies were united in arms brotherhood and faithfully defended the right and honor of Germany. In the veterans of our army, the memory of that time has always been kept alive through the memory, in the younger generation of it through tradition. When recently the sword was drawn at Austria's border, the heart of our army was with our old warmates. We had sympathy for the difficult days of Milan , as if they had met us ourselves , we waited with impatience for the days of retribution and greeted with joy and cheer the triumphant march of your brave army from Mincio to Ticino , The days of Sommacampagna and Custoza do not belong only to Austria alone ! They belong to all soldiers of the German nation, who have remained faithful to their princes and their flags and want to remain faithful forever: they belong to the German armory of German war history. Allow us, Mr. 9 Field Marshal, that we also venerate our generals in you, because your cause is ours, that also we are proud of your wise and strong leadership and of the perseverance and bravery with which the Austrian army fought. May the day not be far from where the call of the common fatherland gives us the opportunity to show you that we are still the old, faithful brothers of arms of old , always and gladly ready to fight alongside the brave Austrian comrades and with them communally the cause of the right and battles