Germany, Heer. A Wehrpaß to August Hambek, Carinthia Cross Recipient consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with additional handwritten birth and

with additional handwritten birth and death dates

maker marked "FREDERICO COSTA Lda LISBON" on the underside of the hinge

SAUNDERSON

with an army helmet below flanked by clusters of linden leaves

the superimposed silver gilt oblong Latin Cross on the obverse center exhibiting finely enamelled white arms with red borders

Germany, Heer. A Wehrpaß to August Hambek, Carinthia Cross Recipient consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with additional handwritten birth and(Heer Wehrpa). Constructed of a field grey card stock binding with 52 paginated interior pages, lightly filled with stamped and handwritten entries to AUGUST HAMBEK, retaining a certified studio portrait of the bearer, issued on 28 February 1940, measuring 10. 5 cm (w) x 14. 5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition. Footnote: August Hambek was born on 1 August 1890 in the Austro Hungarian Empire and trained as a pharmacist before entering military