Luftwaffe Wehrpaß 'Erich Lüthje'

Description

Luftwaffe 'Wehrpaß'. When individuals received their registration notice they were to report to the appropriate recruitment center where they would be issued a 'Wehrpaß', until they were inducted into active duty. From the autumn of 1939, when an individual was inducted into active military service the Wehrpaß was exchanged at the recruitment office for the 'Soldbuch' (Pay Book), which remained in the recipients possession as his official military identification document. The recruitment office would retain the Wehrpass and chronicle the individuals active service record in it. The Wehrpaß belonged to 'Erich Lüthje', he was a Luftwaffe reserve soldier. The pass is complete with portrait-photo. Only a few entries have been made. Nice original example!