A Leather Bound German Labour Front Membership Award Document

A leather-bound folder with two honourary certificates inside. The folder measures 215x300mm, the certificates measure 15x21cm and 21x30cm, respectively. The folder is in near mint condition with some discolouration, the documents are in mint condition. The donor of the folder and the first certificate is the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (German Labour Front), the Nazi trade union organisation, more specifically the sub-unit Deutscher Arbeiterverband des Nahrungsmittelgewerbes (German Worker Union of the Food Industry), previously the Verband der Nahrungsmittel- und Getränke-Arbeiter (Union of Food and Drink Workers). The recipient is Josef Schön. The first certificate thanks him for 25 years of membership and being loyal to the union. He joined on June 1, 1907. The document is dated to Berlin on April 10, 1934. The facsimile of the signature of the union chairman is indecipherable. The second certificate is dated to December 1950, and Schön has stayed true to his union for 43 years. By now its name is Industriegewerkschaft Nahrung-Genuß-Gaststätten, Ortsverwaltung München (Industry Union Food-Consumption-Restaurants, Local Administration Munich). The document carries the facsimile signature of the chairman A. Stadler.