Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Part I

Decree for Locating a Missing person – Isidor Bloch – Sankt Pölten, Austira, 1859

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A printed decree issued by the Head of the Ober-Wienerwald – O.W.W district of the Austrian Empire, calling to embark on a search for a missing person named Isidor Bloch of Sernau, Austria. Sankt Pölten: F. Lorenz Press, May 13, 1859. German.
The decree announces that Isidor Bloch, a supervisor of a Parisian insurance company, went missing on February 4, 1859, and instructs local government offices throughout the district to start searching for him.
Contemporary inscriptions on verso, with an official stamp of the office of the local government of Ybbs (k.k. Bezirksamt Ybbs).
23X38 cm. Good condition. Fold lines and creases. Some stains.
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