Physical Description
folded in thirds; white paper with black ink; outside recto: "The/BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION/Shanghai Branch/13th Shanghai (United) Group", image of fleur-de-lis with banner reading "BE PREPARED" printed inside; blue stamp of box with "N(" and "053" handwritten in black ink; outside verso: "Troop 510/C.S. MERSEREAN/666-40th Ave" handwritten in script, in black ink ; inside: preprinted form with handwritten responses; "THE BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION/SHANGHAI BRANCH" with international Boy Scout symbol at top of left side; "13th Shanghai (United) Group/This is to certify, that/ROVER ERIC M. BERGTRAUN/has been a member of our Group/since SEPTEMBER 15th 1943/He has:-/[next section crossed out]/joined Boy Scouts on February 1939/in SHANGHAI (5TH TROOP)/subsequently gaining his FIRST CLASS AND/GREEN ALL ROUND CORD/and rising to the rank of SCOUTMASTER (SEP 17th 1946)/joined Rovers on APRIL 14th/in SHANGHAI/being enrolled as Rover Sct. on APRIL 14th 1944/and rising to the rank of.../joined Old Scouts on.....19/in.....; top of middle section, blue stamp of box with "N(" and "053" handwritten in black ink; black and white photograph of young man wearing scout uniform and hat attached, circular blue ink stamp in lower left corner of photo, "THE BOY SCOUT ASSOCIATION/BRANCH SHANGHAI/13th UNITED ROVERS" written around international Boy Scout symbol; printed below photo: "Signature Eric M Bergtraun [handwritten in script]/Rover ERIC M. BERGTRAUN/Born on FEBRUARY 21st 1925/in VIENNA (AUSTRIA)/Present Address 483/6 WAYSIDE Rd/SHANGHAI/CHINA"; printed on right side "RECOMMENDATION/INTRODUCTION TO ALL SCOUT ASSOCIATIONS/This membership card will be presented to you by/our Brother Scout who intends to travel abroad./We recommend him to your kind consideration/in full assurance that he will receive a Scout's wel-/come from all members of the Brotherhood of Scouts"; handwritten in script: "Not only in his leadership/has Eric Bergtraun proved himself a man of integrity/ and initiative but in his/professional work he has/shown himself a credit to/the movement"; circular blue ink stamp in just below handwritten text, "THE BOY SCOUT ASSOCIATION/BRANCH SHANGHAI/13th UNITED ROVERS" written around international Boy Scout symbol; signature of "Group Scoutmaster" and "District Commissioner"; "Shanghai, China, MAY, 4th 1948" printed and written at bottom of page.
Dimensions
overall : 5.880 x 10.500 in. (14.935 x 26.67 cm.)
Materials
overall : paper, ink, gelatin silver print, adhesive
Contributor
Subject:
Eric Bergtraun
