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Actions Displays	Osterreich Legitimationskarte fur Handlungsreisende Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2008/028:007 TitleOsterreich Legitimationskarte fur Handlungsreisende DescriptionTrifold identity card for Commercial Travellers (in German, English and French), No. 1784 for Alfred Hofbauer, with his b/w photograph. It is dated 27 September 1937 and indicates that Alfred is travelling on behalf of the firm "Stern & Strauss". Alfred escaped from Austria to Switzerland c. 1939, joined the French Foreign Legion 1939/1940, then the Pioneer Corps, British Army in 1943. He fought in North Africa and Italy in World War II and came to Australia in 1946. Production placeVienna, Austria Production date 1937-09-27 SubjectJewish-Viennese population, identity cards, pre-World War II, Pre-war life, employment Object nameidentity cards Materialpaper, ink, adhesive tape, metal Dimensions width: 260.00 mm height: 145.00 mm Language Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Alfred Hofbauer via the NSW Association of Jewish Service & Ex-Service Men & Women (NAJEX), 2035

Object numberM2008/028:007

TitleOsterreich Legitimationskarte fur Handlungsreisende

DescriptionTrifold identity card for Commercial Travellers (in German, English and French), No. 1784 for Alfred Hofbauer, with his b/w photograph. It is dated 27 September 1937 and indicates that Alfred is travelling on behalf of the firm "Stern & Strauss". Alfred escaped from Austria to Switzerland c. 1939, joined the French Foreign Legion 1939/1940, then the Pioneer Corps, British Army in 1943. He fought in North Africa and Italy in World War II and came to Australia in 1946.

Production placeVienna, Austria

Production date 1937-09-27

SubjectJewish-Viennese population, identity cards, pre-World War II, Pre-war life, employment

Object nameidentity cards

Materialpaper, ink, adhesive tape, metal

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Alfred Hofbauer via the NSW Association of Jewish Service & Ex-Service Men & Women (NAJEX), 2035

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