Cavalry holiday pass?

[Belten]

Someone offered this to me and I have no idea what it might be, other than perhaps some sort of holiday/vacation pass, although I'm probably way off. Do you guys think this is even an original item?

[pauke]

pass

Looks original. It simply states the bearer has leave until 2400 hrs. on that day.

[Gerdan]

Here a photo showing the Kavallerie Regiment 6 "marching" in the streets of Bensheim (Hessen) not with horses but with bicycles, 1937:

http://lagis.online.uni-marburg.de/d...Zvcm1lbiI7fQ==

Gerdan

[Belten]

Ha, thank you both for the information! I was pretty close, but I thought the pass was for 24 hours leave, not until 2400 hours that day. No rest for the wehry.

[Ian Jewison]

Not sure if that is his signature but the Schwadronchef should have been Oblt. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Bernhardi at the time, later Oberstleutnant.

http://www.50-infanterie-division.de...ilhelm-von.htm

/Ian