THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1459, sig. 109-4/1213

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282 - 12 dio investigation habo ergoben, that einzslno pictures were good, but the majority but inferior stuff. On condition, whether I was not known, that also worth- full furniture from the Coburger possession before handing over the possessions the Cobourgers disappeared from the castles and passed to functionaries of the ground office, I declare: I also know such a process. In the year 1 927 officials of the forest administration Coburg told me that there were some wagons of valuable Köbel from the sightless in St.Antol were taken away from the ground office. When the Coburgers got wind of this. they had brought back a part of the Löbel to St. Antol, the useless transport costs alone had 3o.oo.- Kc. amounton. Dicse furniture had been brought to a luxury forest property managed by the Bodonamt, namely to Kripoklad, where there were important officials of the Bodenamt, I don't know what was stuck on there. However, I have heard that the Coburger woit attacks on the dohoda of 24, March l928, dom Übergang dos Gamtbsitzes to the Bodenamt, cvischen the Bodonamt and cinom representative of the Co burger an agreement was concluded, in which cm probably for this illegally removed furniture amount of about 8 x loo.oo.- Kc. was remunerated. According to dictated approved and signed on: gez. Dr.Anders goz.Fr.Nykl gezt.Böhm H.K.K