German WWII Wehrmacht Officer's ROB Travel Credit Identity Card - Named to Oblt. Koebler

An identity card (Ausweiskarte) issued under the ROB scheme - "Reise Ohne Bargeld" (Travel Without Cash) - for use with a travel credit letter of the Deutschen Sparkassen- und Giroverbandes. The card bears a photograph of a Wehrmacht officer in uniform, identified in the printed text as Oberleutnant Heinz Koebler of Calbe-Saale, with a signature beneath the photograph and an official stamp of the Kreissparkasse Calbe-Saale dated 17 June 1943. An accompanying supplementary sheet headed "Glaubigungsvermerke" lists quarterly validation dates (1.6.43, 1.9.43, 7.12.43, 1.3.44) under the same name, Koebler. The printed cover carries the ROB title and emblem of the Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband.

The ROB system allowed traveling Germans, including military personnel, to draw funds via participating savings banks rather than carrying cash, with such identity cards used to verify the bearer's signature and entitlement at each institution visited.

The "Reise Ohne Bargeld" (ROB) scheme was a wartime arrangement operated through the Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband, Germany's savings bank association, allowing travellersincluding Wehrmacht officers on leave or postingto draw funds against credit rather than carry cash across the Reich. Such identity cards, tied to a named individual and validated quarterly by the issuing local Sparkasse, served as the verification document presented at each participating bank to authenticate the bearer's signature and entitlement. Oberleutnant Heinz Koebler's card, issued through the Kreissparkasse Calbe-Saale in 1943, reflects the routine wartime banking infrastructure that supported military personnel's financial mobility during service.