CHAPTER XXIII - Veracruz 1867, the Mexican Dunkirk: H.L. Wiechers and the Repatriation to Vienna of the Body of Emperor Maximilian together with the Re-embarkation of the Austrian Soldiers. ORIGINAL VERSION.
23.1 The Death of Emperor Maximilian.
23.2 Vice-Admiral von Tegetthoff is sent to Mexico.
23.3 Vice-Admiral von Tegetthoff and the repatriation of Austrian soldiers of the former Mexican Imperial Army.
23.4 Vice-Admiral von Tegetthoff and the recovery of Maximilian’s Body.
23.5 H.L. Wiechers, Knight –Ritter- of the Imperial Order of the Iron Crown, Third Class.
23.6 The individuals honored with the Imperial Decorations (with relation to Mexico) according to the Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Kaiserthumes Österreich für das Jahr 1868.
23.7 The Original Documents in the Haus- Hof- und Staatsarchiv at Vienna.
23.8 Continuation of the Investigation in Vienna.
23.9 Additional actual traces of these decorations in Austria and Mexico.
23.10 H.L. Wiechers and his use of the Imperial Order.
23.11 Brief biography of H.L. Wiechers, from the Home Page of Wiecherspedia.
23.12 Biographical information on the other benefficiaries of the Austrian Imperial Orders: a) Hermann D. Watermeyer [y Benjamín]; b) Franz Freiherr De Fin and Hamilkar Freiherr De Fin; c) Nathaniel Davidson; d) Samuel Ritter von Basch; e) Richard Kerschel, later Richard Kerschel Edler von Kernegg; f) Richard Goss; g) August Christian Doormann; h) John H. Bahnsen; i) Carl Stephan; j) Josef von Mihalovits; Alfons von Kodolitsch.
Exhibit 1. Press Information in Austria on the Official Funeral of Emperor Maximilian.
Exhibit 2. Information from the Press and other sources, in Mexico and Abroad on the repatriation of the Austrian and Belgian soldiers of the Mexican Imperial Army: a) Evacuation duly coordinated with the French troops; b) Evacuation on Emergency Grounds motivated by the Collapse of the Second Empire.
Exhibit 3. The Annual Messes in Mexico for the Soul of Emperor Maximilian and Generals Miramón and Méjía.
Exhibit 4. Recent investigations which employ Wiecherspedia as source of information regarding the Second Mexican Empire.