Germany, Imperial. A German Nautical Association Certificate for Otto von Bismarck’s 80th Birthday Republic of 75mm(w) x 46

75mm(w) x 46

The Wehrpaß includes a Bereitstellungsschein (preparation certificate) that states that Zub must stay at his permanent whereabouts and wait for his (inevitable) conscription letter to be issued

front cover detached from the spine

encircled by a blue and white enamel ring

Trude Karbauer

Germany, Imperial. A German Nautical Association Certificate for Otto von Bismarck’s 80th Birthday Republic of 75mm(w) x 46Presented to Otto von Bismarck on the occasion of his 80th Birthday. Issued by the Deutschen Nautischen Verein (German Nautical Association), constructed of a heavy card stock binding with a faux dark blue leatherette exterior liner, the cover bearing a gilded and embossed inscription of SR. DURCHLAUCHT DEM HERRN FRSTEN VON BISMARCK ZUM I. APRIL 1895 IN TIEFSTER EHRERBIETUNG VOM DEUTSCHEN NAUTISCHEN VEREIN (TO HIS HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CHANCELLOR VON