Germany, Weimar Republic. A Rare Identity Card to Later Admiral Otto Schniewind, for Marinebrigade Ehrhardt and Reichsmarine Service Newly Listed both his and his brother-in-law's

both his and his brother-in-law's

flanked on the right by a Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Instituted in 1869

the obverse bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a red mobile swastika

which includes some material fatigue to the wool (with a number of small holes)

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Rare Identity Card to Later Admiral Otto Schniewind, for Marinebrigade Ehrhardt and Reichsmarine Service Newly Listed both his and his brother-in-law's(Freikorps und Reichsmarine Truppen Ausweis). A rare and important identity card, constructed of pale blue card stock with multi coloured ink, the obverse bearing a certified black and white studio portrait of Otto Schniewind in a Marinebrigade Ehrhardt uniform, situated above handwritten details indicating that Schniewind was serving as part of 4. Maschinengewehr Kompanie, IV. Abteilung, Schiffsstammdivision der Nordsee, following the Marinebrigade