Description: Up for sale is a genuine, highly historical World War I era marriage certificate register extract ("Izvod") issued on August 25, 1918 by the Eastern Orthodox Serbian Church in Banja Luka (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).
The wedding took place on August 15, 1918, just a few months before the end of WWI and the dissolution of the empire.
Key Document Details:
Date of Event: 15 August 1918 / Date of Issue: 25 September 1918
Location: Banja Luka, Bosnia (Бањој Луци)
Groom (Damat): Tihomir Divjak (Тихомир Дивјак), a 26-year-old forestry assistant/legal clerk, born in Donji Lapac, Croatia.
Bride (Gelin): Vukosava Dimitrijević (Вукосава Димитријевић), 23 years old, living in Banja Luka.
Religion: Eastern Orthodox (источно-православна)
Revenue Stamp: Features a beautiful and crisp 1916 Austro-Hungarian Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 Krune (Krone) revenue stamp affixed on the top left corner with a church cancellation.
Language: Serbian Cyrillic (Church/Official script)
Back Side Note: The reverse side of the document contains vintage handwritten pencil notations in Turkish, summarizing the genealogical data of the groom and bride for archival or collection purposes.
Condition: Authentically aged, folded as found, with some minor foxing and edge wear consistent with its 108-year age. No major tears affecting the text. A magnificent piece of Balkan, WWI, and social genealogy history.