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233/4340, General-Landesarchiv, Karlsruhe. 79.10.15Preferred Citation:
Ludwig Turban to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-10-15. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/79-10-15>, accessed September 11, 2025
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MS is a file copy; original letter not found. It would appear that Turban's letter
and the enclosures indicated were sent with a covering letter signed by Friedrich
Hardeck, an official in the Foreign Affairs Section of the Baden Ministry of State,
since it was to Hardeck that M replied; see M to F. Hardeck, 12 December 1879 (in
this edition as 79-12-12b).
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Staats-Ministerium.
15 October 79
An S. Hochw. den Baron Ferdinand von Müller,
Regierungs-Botaniker in Melbourne, Australia.
Euren Hochwohlgebornen
beehre ich mich in Kenntniss zu setzen dass S.K.H. der Grossherzog, mein Allergnädigster
Herr, geruht habe Ihnen das Ritterkreutz I Classe des Ordens vom Zähringer Löwen zu
verleihen.
Indem ich die Ehre habe E. H. anliegend die Ordensinsignien nebst Statuten und Verleihungsurkunde
zu übersenden benutze ich mit Vergnügen diesen Anlass zur Versicherung meiner vorzüglichsten
Hochachtung.
Der Staatsminister
Ministry of State
15 October 1879
To the honourable Baron Ferdinand von Mueller,
Government Botanist in Melbourne, Australia.
I beg to inform your Honour that His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, my most gracious
Lord, has been pleased to confer the Knight’s Cross 1st Class of the Order of the
Zähringer Lion on you.
While I have the honour of transmitting the enclosed insignia of the order together
with the statutes and certificate of investiture,
I take advantage of this occasion with pleasure to assure you of my most distinguished
respect.
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For certificate, see 79-10-10b in this edition.
Minister of State