Card, identity
Collection object
2001.0588
H. 12.1 W. 7.8
Card, Irish Seaman's Identity Card of Daniel Fitzgerald, 7 St Gerard Street, Limerick, 1945. Grey card, folded once from l. and once from r., printed black. Front: in double rectangle, Irish harp / Eire / Irish / Seaman's / Identity / Card. Above rectangle r., F 4201. Handwritten in blue ink top l., V.C. 088224 / issued. Rubber stamped top l., oval, M.M. Office / Sunderland, and across centre, 27 Sep 1945. Inside, across bottom half, fingerprints, on l. panel, left hand impressions of four fingers, in centre, left and right thumbs, and on r., right hand fingers. Across top, l. panel, rectangle titled Name of Holder, handwritten in blue ink Daniel James Fitzgerald, over dotted line titled Signature of Holder with signature. Centre, photograph of recipient, head and shoulders of a young man with combed back black hair receding at the margins, wearing a grey striped jacket over a black sweater, the r. of the photo rubber stamped M.M. Office / Limerick, and in centre, 18 Aug 1945. R. panel, headed F 4201 / Description of Holder / Place of Birth (dotted line handwritten Limerick) / Date of Birth (25th March 1924) / Height (5' 8") / Visible distiinguishing marks (none) / (two blank dotted lines). Outside, printed declaration that recipient has satisfied that he is a seaman, the photo is a true likeness, that the signature and fingerprints are genuine, that has the physical characteristics entered and has stated date and place of birth, signature of L Crowley of Superintendent of Mercantile Marine Office, the date line rubber syamped M.M. Office, Limerick, 18 Aug 1945. At bottom: Wt. 2321-P468,250. 9/44. C.&Co. (999) G.S. Centre back panel: headed in buff, Valid for one year / from date of issue / Full postal address of Holder / 7 St Gerard St, / Limerick / Date (rubber stamped M.M. Office, Limerick, 18 Aug 1945. Below, paragraph headed Caution, valuable document, alteration or mutilation renders invalid, if lost or destroyed report to Transport and Marine Branch, Department of Industry and Commerce, Dublin.