Bathke War Ration Books and Envelope. Material: paper. Size: 4 3/4" W. x 6 3/4" L. Description: tan - red printing on front and fold over flap (torn off): "United States of America War Ration Books" - advertising in red print on front: "Waseca Savings and Loan Association, F.J. Conway, Secretary, Waseca, Minnesota". Contents of envelope: (a) ration book. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" W. 5 3/4" L. Description: War Ration Book No. 3 #732487 CH - off-white folder containing several pages of unused gray stamps - each page contains 48 identical stamps varying only by the graphic pictured: a tank, a ship, an airplane or a caisson - some stamps removed - handwritten on front: J. S. Bathke, 803 North State St., Waseca, Minn." - printed instructions on back cover. (b) same as "a" except "#732485 CH" issued to Alma V.L. Bathke. (c) same as "a" except "#732486 CH" issued to William L. Bathke age 6 1/2. (d) same as "a" except Book Four, "#583714 BF" and containing "Spare" stamps issued to William L. Bathke. (e) same as "a" except Book Four, "#583715 BF and containing "Spare" stamps issued to Alma V.L. Bathke. (f) same as "a" except Book Four, "#583712 BF and containing "Spare", issued to Jerry S. Bathke. (g) Token. Material: composite. Size: 5/8" W. diameter. Description: red - thin disk imprinted around the center "1", "OPA, Red Point" on both sides. (h) ration coupon sheet. Material: paper. Size: 8 3/8" W. x 10" L. Description: gray watermarked "Government Ration" with the eagle symbol - ten coupons each with perforated edges imprinted in black: "United States of America, Office of Price Administration, Ration Coupon for Five Points Processed Foods, OPA Form R-1324", with the number "5" in each corner. (i) ration stamps. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" W. x 5" L. Description: tan fragment retaining two unused "Spare" stamps numbered "55" and "57" - Sugar Ration book "#979256"- issued to Leonard W. Bathke, 803 N. State, Waseca, Minn.- personally signed. (j) ration coupon. Material: paper. Size: 2" W. x 4 1/4" L. Description: gray coupon printed in black: "Ration Coupon for Twenty Points Processed Food...", etc. (k) advertising certificate. Material: paper. Size: 3" W. x 4" L. Description: gray with black printing: "China Clipper Certificate, Guyer & Martinson, Clothiers". (l) newspaper clipping. Material: paper. Size: 2" W. x 4 1/2" L. Description: off-white newsprint with black print - headlined: "Five Red Points Valid on Sept. 1". (m) Newspaper clipping. Material: paper. Size: 2" W. x 5" L. Description: off-white newsprint with black print - headlined: "Stamps Worth 50 Points Will Be Valid Friday".
