Card : Cardstock : Printed, Typed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Red, Green, Black, Blue ; Ht: 12 7 in. x W: 8 1/2 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
November 25, 1950
Physical Condition
Good
Language
French
Dutch
Notes
1 page, double-sided. 3 graphic panels on each side, intended to be folded and carried as a booklet. Square b&w photograph of cardholder stapled to document in bottom left corner, with 6 fiscal stamps valuing 380 francs affixed around the bottom and right side On back, a thick red stripe runs horizontally through the central 3.5cm of the page. Belgian identification document for foreigners, issued to Walther Siegfried Absil. It states that Mr. Absil is born in Vienna, is of Austrian nationality, is married to Erika Rübler, and is a sheet metal worker. Narrative: Walter Absil was born in Vienna, Austria on November 26, 1924. He fled to Belgium with his family in 1938 and survived the war in hiding.