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Germany, Imperial. The Military ID Booklet of German Defender of Tsingtao and POW in Japan

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Germany, Imperial. The Military ID Booklet of German Defender of Tsingtao and POW in Japan

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Germany, Imperial. The Military ID Booklet of German Defender of Tsingtao and POW in Japan

The military ID booklet belongs to Gefreiter (lance corporal) Gustav Bretz. Measuring 84 mm (w) x 143 mm (h), presenting light scuffing of the spine and rusting of the staples, remains extremely fine.

Footnote: Gustav Bretz was born on August 23, 1892 in Dielkirchen (southwest Germany). He worked as a scribe’s assistant. Bretz joined the military on October 2, 1912. On February 18, 1913 he was placed in the 2nd Company of the 3rd Sea Battalion (3. See-Bataillon), a navy infantry unit that was eventually stationed in Tsingtao (Qingdao), China, at the time a German colony. With the outbreak of the First War, Tsingtao was attacked and besieged by joined British and Japanese forces, beginning on September 2. The German soldiers were outnumbered and outgunned from the beginning. They surrendered on November 7, 1914 after having run out of ammunition. Bretz became a POW in Japan. He was released on December 25, 1919 and returned home to Dielkirchen in early 1920.