
Check Their Identity by the Ab 64 Art.IWMPST2952
Ireland · 2000 ·
Check Their Identity by the Ab 64 whole: the image is positioned in the upper three-quarters. The title is integrated and located in the upper quarter, in white, in black and in red. The text is separate and placed in the lower quarter, in red and in black, set against a white background. Further text is integrated and positioned in the upper three-quarters, in black, and in black and white held within a red inset. image: a portrait of a British infantryman. The front cover and an open section of a soldier's service and pay book are partially superimposed over his face. text: A. GAMES. CHECK THEIR IDENTITY BY THE AB 64 SOLDIERS AND A.T.S ARMY BOOK 64. SOLDIER'S SERVICE AND PAY BOOK. LOOK FOR THESE POINTS Place of birth and nationality of father and mother are not entered National Health Insurance is essentially an English idea. Interrogation on this score may well floor a foreigner with a stolen A.B.64. N.B. Some holders are not insured and therefore will not have these details completed. Check date of enlistment on page 2 against details of leave, dates of inoculations and courses attended on pages 4-9. Although signed by the holder this page is NOT filled in with holder's own handwriting; if in doubt obtain specimen signature and compare. Normally bears no photograph or stamp of issuing authority. [image of open Soldier's Service and Pay Book has various text] AN A.B.64 CONTAINS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE HOLDER, SO THAT IDENTITY CAN READILY BE ESTABLISHED. IF IN DOUBT RETAIN A.B.64 AND INTERROGATE. An A.B. 64 contains photograph of holder and stamp of issuing authority when holder has been on leave to Eire or to or from Northern Ireland. Allied forces carry the usual A.B. 64 with nationality endorsed, plus photograph of holder. Sailors and Royal Marines - similar to A.B. 64, issued in various colours and photographs attached. R.A.F. and W.A.A.F. - blue identity cards with photographs. BEWARE! THE ENEMY MAY USE FALSE A.B.64s PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY W.R. ROYLE and SON, LTD. 51-223 P.R.106.
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Image: GAMES, ABRAM (artist), W R Royle and Son Ltd, London EC4 (printer), Her Majesty's Stationery Office (publisher/sponsor) · License: Public domain
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