Lot 8567
SS-Ehrenführer Jakob Werlin - first Austrian driver's license and photography
Orders and Military Collectibles from 1919 onwards | A109r | Live auction | 1186 Lots
Description
Driver's licence of Jakob Werlin (1886–1965), at the time still referred to as “Befähigungs-Zeugnis”, issued on 4 December 1909 in Graz. This is the first Austrian driver's licence; a copy of a newspaper report is included. Traces of age and handling. Framed original photograph showing his son, Hans Werlin, with the car (Mercedes 170) of Jakob Werlin, taken circa 1994, dimensions 43x33 cm. Jakob Werlin was an SS Ehrenführer (SS number 266,883) and Inspector General of the Führer for Motor Vehicles as well as a member of the board of Daimler-Benz AG.Condition: II - Questions about the lot?