The collection consists of: a Hamburg Hanseatic Cross certificate (208x330mm, near very fine); an appointment certificate to Group Leader in the Association of Voluntary Orderlies in Wartimes (207x327mm, near extremely fine); a certificate of becoming a citizen of Hamburg (210x325mm, near very fine); two birth certificates (211x333mm, fine and very fine); a marriage certificate (209x148mm, extremely fine); three obituaries (157x201mm and 149x189mm, extremely fine); newspaper cutouts of four obituaries (80x74mm to 86x133mm, extremely fine); a confirmation of funeral attendance (64x116mm, near mint); a condolence card (80x115mm, extremely fine); a photo of Holst’s gravesite (89x137mm, extremely fine); an inheritance certificate (209x295mm, near extremely fine); and a handwritten travelbook (60 p., 163x209mm, very fine) about a vacation on the Rhine river.
The Hanseatic Cross certificate states that the decoration has been awarded to Medical Orderly NCO Holst of Feldlazarett (Field Military Hospital) 176 on September 12, 1917. It carries a facsimile of Senior Councillor D. Siemsen.
The appointment states that voluntary medical orderly Holst has been made a Group Leader in the Hamburg chapter of the Association of Voluntary Orderlies in Wartimes, a subgroup of the Red Cross. The document is dated to December 30, 1913, the signature is illegible.
The certificate of citizenship states that Heinrich Hans Wilhelm Holst has become a citizen of the free city of Hamburg on November 13, 1912.
The birth certificates state that Holst was born on September 9, 1884 in Dissau (Lübeck area, northern Germany).
The marriage certificate states that Holst, employed as a travelling salesman, married Ella Hermine, née Kopmann, born March 10, 1889, on March 6, 1926. The document is dated to February 4, 1929.
Two of the obituaries are identical and were released by the family, and a third one by Holst’s company. He died on January 23, 1929 at the age of 44. The cause of death was a long and severe illness.
The inheritance certificate states that Holst’s assets are to be split in the following way: half of it goes to his widow, a quarter to his mother, and a sixteenth to each of his four sisters.
An extensive handwritten travelbook describing a holiday on which he went between July 18 and 27, 1910. It was a cruise down the Rhine river. Holst talks about the places and cities he visited and the attractions he saw.