[Above: This card/I.D. is scarcely found today. It says: 'Schwerkriegsbeschädigtenausweis' (Severely war-disabled person ID). This is from Lüneburg, which is northern Germany, and belonged to a baker.]
[Above: Close-up.]
[Above: Reverse. This lists the following benefits:
1) Reduced admission price for severely war-disabled persons at cultural events.
2) Priority service at government offices.
3) Use of 2nd class carriages with a 3rd class ticket for train journeys.
4) This one is crossed out. It lists free transport of a permanent companion or guide dog on train journeys, mortorized transport on trams, local bus services and S-Bahn services.
5) Free transport on trams, local bus services and S-Bahn services in Berlin and Hamburg. The S-Bahn is 'a type of hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit service'.]
[Above: This is an odd, generic-looking I.D. book. Inside it says it is a replacement book from February 26, 1919 and used until 1927.]
[Above: This says 'Association of Tailors, Seamstresses, and Laundry Workers of Germany'.]
[Above: Second page.]
[Above: An interesting assortment of tax stamps for 1920 and 1921.]
[Above: Wow, every inch is covered in tax stamps for 1922 and 1923.]
[Above: Hmm... an anti-war stamp stuck on top of tax stamps from 1924 and 1925.]
[Above: Close-up. This says 'International Trade Union Confederation - Anti-War Day'.]
[Above: Tax stamps from 1926 and 1927.]
[Above: On the bottom it says 'To be stamped only for deregistration'.]
[Above: This deals with travel and sickness allowances.]
[Above: Last page.]
[Above: Close-up. The stamp on the left represents an eight hour work day. The other stamps says 'Krieg dem Kriege' (War Against War). I wonder if this was a communist organization?]
[Above: This poster, The Survivors, was commisioned in 1922 from the International Trade Union Confederation. It was done by Käthe Kollwitz and is meant to show the survivors of war.]
[Above: This is a 1940 'Kriegseinsatzpass' (War Service Pass) from Württemberg. It was for 'Für die Studentische Erntehilfe' (student harvest assistance).]
[Above: Close-up. This says 'Student Harvest Aid 1940'. This stamp represents insurance in case you are injured or fall ill. It was optional.]
[Above: Reverse.]
[Above: This second pass doesn't have the stamp at the top for optional insurance. Livin' on luck, I guess.]
[Above: Reverse.]
[Above: This is a 1941 work book from Bohemia and Moravia (Czechoslovakia). It is a very drab book, with not too much interesting about it. But these books themselves are pretty uncommon to find. Many Czech people destroyed them after the war because they didn't want anyone to find out they worked with the Germans.]
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[Above: This soldier's book was issued to Franz Modlik on August 16, 1940 in Vienna. He fought in several key battles; Kuban 2/10/1943; Defense of Kurka 9/20/1943 and the Defense of the eastern border of Germany 2/7/1944. He was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class, the Infantry Assault Badge and the Kuban Shield. Click to see inside.]
[Above: Inside.]
[Above: Kuban Shield.]
[Above: This Soldier's Book was issued on July 2, 1940 in Danzig. Click to see inside.]
[Above: Inside.]